New Delhi: Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and L Nageshwar Rao were today sworn in as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court’s strength to 29, including Chief Justice T S Thakur.
They were administered the oath of office by CJI Thakur this morning.
Justices Khanwilkar, Chandrachud and Bhushan were the Chief Justices of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Allahabad High Court and Kerala High Court, respectively.
Justice Rao, who was a senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General, has been elevated as an apex court judge from the bar.
The sanctioned strength of judges in the apex court is 31, including the CJI. There is only one woman judge in the Supreme Court Justice R Banumathi.
The elevation of the four judges were the first set of recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium after the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act which sought to scrap the collegium system was struck down by an SC bench in October last year.
The apex court will also see five judges retiring this year, including Justice A R Dave who will retire on November 18, Justice F M I Kaliful
