Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 6: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath of office to the five new judges as the Supreme Court judges on Monday.
President Droupadi Murmu had signed the warrants of appointing five new judges to the Supreme Court on Saturday.
The new judges were inducted after a swearing-in ceremony today in the Supreme Court.
The five judges who took oath as judges of the Supreme Court are:
– Justice Pankaj Mithal (Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court);
– Justice Sanjay Karol (Chief Justice of Patna High Court);
– Justice PV Sanjay Kumar (Chief Justice of Manipur High Court);
– Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah (Judge of Patna High Court);
– Justice Manoj Misra ( Judge of Allahabad High Court).
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their appointment to the top court on December 13.
During the hearing of the case on February 3, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka gave a word of caution to the Centre saying that things would get “uncomfortable” if the government continues to delay judicial appointments and transfers.
Justice Kaul had told Centre, “If you keep them pending, you will make us take some very, very difficult decisions.”
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The bench then highlighted that five names recommended by the Collegium in December last year for Supreme Court are pending with the government.
Moreover, with the swearing-in of five new judges, the strength of the top court went up to 32 from 27 and only two vacancies remain.
The Supreme Court has a sanctioned strength of 34 judges.
The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended two more names for elevation to the apex court on January 31. These two names are Allahabad High Court’s Justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Aravind Kumar.
The Supreme Court Collegium on January 31 recommended two more names for elevation to the apex court. These two names are Allahabad High Court’s Justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Aravind Kumar.
After August 26, 2021, when nine Supreme Court judges were appointed together, this is the second time when so many judges have been appointed in one single batch.
