SC regains full strength as 3 HC chief justices take oath as judges of top court
text_fields
New Delhi: Three high court chief justices—Satish Chandra Sharma, Augustine George Masih, and Sandeep Mehta—were sworn in as Supreme Court judges on Thursday by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.
The three judges were sworn in at a function in the Supreme Court complex in the presence of other judges, lawyers and their family members, PTI reported.
With the swearing-in of the three new judges, the top court will now function with its full strength of 34 judges.
Earlier in the day, Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Mehta, his counterparts in the Rajasthan High Court and Gauhati High Court, respectively, were appointed as top court judges.
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced their appointment on X.
Their names were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on November 6.