New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Alina Habba, the former personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump was disqualified from serving as US attorney for New Jersey on Monday, a ruling that could have far-reaching consequences for the Trump administration's legal appointments across the country.

The decision was taken by a panel of three appellate judges with the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a lower court's finding that the Trump administration broke the law by using a series of manoeuvres to install Habba as US attorney for New Jersey after the 41-year-old failed to get the Senate's approval.

"It is apparent that the current administration has been frustrated by some of the legal and political barriers to getting its appointees in pl...