High Court of Justice President Justice Dorit Beinish stepped down from her position on Tuesday 5 Adar 5772, coinciding with her 70th birthday. She read her last ruling aloud, a petition heard by a seven-justice panel challenging regulations determining one�s eligibility for supplemental income.

The court ruled against the current regulation which renders one ineligible for receiving supplementary income if one has a vehicle. The court ruled against this, explaining one�s eligibility cannot be linked to owning a car or having steady access to a vehicle since this opposes one basic right to live in a respectful fashion.

The court�s vice president, Justice Eliezer Rivlin was to have assumed the post as head of the court, but decided to wave this right since he plans to step down in a number of months. As such, the new president of the High Court of Justice is Justice Asher Dan Grunis.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)