Supreme Court docket will get two unique judges, apex court now has full power of 34

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday administered the oath of pronounce of labor to 2 unique judges of the Supreme Court docket, taking the likelihood of judges within the apex court to its full sanctioned power of 34. Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar had been administered oath for the length of a swearing-in ceremony held within the Supreme Court docket premises.

With the appointment of two judges, the final possibility of judges within the apex court has risen to 34.

Before being elevated as judges of the apex court, Justice Bindal changed into the Chief Justice of the Allahabad Excessive Court docket while Justice Kumar changed into the Chief Justice of the Gujarat Excessive Court docket.

Their names had been suggested for elevation as apex court judges by the Supreme Court docket Collegium on January 31.

On February 6, the CJI had administered the oath of pronounce of labor to Justices Pankaj Mithal, Sanjay Karol, P V Sanjay Kumar, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Manoj Misra as apex court judges.

Justice Bindal changed into serving as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad Excessive Court docket since October 11, 2021.

Born on April 16, 1961, Justice Bindal did LL.B. from the Kurukshetra College in 1985 and joined the profession within the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket in September 1985.

He changed into elevated as a mediate of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket on March 22, 2006.

Based totally on records within the market on the web page of the Allahabad Excessive Court docket, Justice Bindal disposed of around 80,000 cases for the length of his tenure within the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket.

On his transfer to the Jammu and Kashmir Excessive Court docket, he took oath of pronounce of labor on November 19, 2018 and later, he changed into appointed as the performing Chief Justice of the final high court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh.

Justice Bindal changed into sworn in as a mediate of the Calcutta Excessive Court docket on January 5, 2021 and changed into appointed to extinguish the tasks of the pronounce of labor of the Chief Justice of that high court with earn from April 29, 2021.

Prior to his elevation as an apex court mediate, Justice Kumar changed into serving as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat Excessive Court docket since October 13, 2021.

Born on July 14, 1962, he changed into enrolled as an advocate in 1987.

In 1999, he changed into appointed as an further central govt standing counsel on the Karnataka Excessive Court docket.

He changed into appointed as member of the Regional Notify Taxes Advisory Committee in 2002 and later, he changed into appointed as an Assistant Solicitor In form of India in 2005.

Justice Kumar changed into elevated as an further mediate of the Karnataka Excessive Court docket on June 26, 2009. He changed into elevated as a everlasting mediate on December 7, 2012.

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