Three judges appointed to Supreme Court; top court to now function with full strength of 34
Supreme Court and once they take oath, the top court will function with its full strength of 34 judges. Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta were appointed as top court judges.
Their names were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on November 6.
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced their appointment on X.
Adish C Aggarwala, Senior Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, while confirming the development to ANI, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accepting the recommendation of the Collegium of the Supreme Court for the appointment of three judges in 48 hours.
The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant, said the Supreme Court has a huge backlog of cases and in view of the ever-mounting pendency of cases, the workload of judges has increased considerably.
The Supreme Court of India has a sanctioned strength of 34 judges and is presently functioning with 31 judges.
«The Supreme Court has a huge backlog of cases.
In view of the ever-mounting pendency of cases, the workload of judges has increased considerably. Bearing in mind the above, it has become necessary to ensure that the Court has full working judge strength, leaving no vacancy at any point in time.
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