Four new Supreme Court judges sworn in

With this, the judicial strength in the top court rose to 28, just three short of the sanctioned 31 judges

Updated - November 02, 2018 12:16 pm IST - New Delhi

The Supreme Court of India,  in New Delhi.
Photo: Shanker Chakravarty 10-11-2003

The Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty 10-11-2003

Justices Hemant Gupta, R.Subhash Reddy, M.R. Shah and Ajay Rastogi were Friday sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 28.

The swearing-in ceremony started at 10:30 am in court number 1 of the apex court and Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi administered oath of office to the four judges.

The President had on Thursday gave his assent to the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium for elevating Mr. Gupta, Mr. Reddy, Mr. Shah and Mr. Rastogi, who were chief justices of different High Courts, as apex court judges.

 

While Justice Gupta was the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Reddy was the Gujarat High Court’s chief justice.

Justice Shah was the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Justice Rastogi was the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court.

The apex court has a sanctioned strength of 31.

With the elevation of these four new judges, the strength has risen from 24 to 28.

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