Supreme Court Judges
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Cabinet approves proposal to increase number of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38
India | May 05, 2026, 11:47 PM ISTThe strength of the Supreme Court of India was last increased from 30 to 33 (excluding the Chief Justice of India) by further amending the original act vide The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2019.
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Women's Day 2025: Fathima Beevi to BV Nagarathna, list of female judges of Supreme Court of India
India | Mar 05, 2025, 04:47 PM ISTWomen's Day 2025: The Supreme Court of India has seen 11 female judges in its history of over 75 years. These judges have played a decisive role in some of the most crucial and landmark cases.
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Supreme Court gets three new judges, top court to function with full strength of 34 after their oath
India | Nov 09, 2023, 03:40 PM ISTDelhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta were appointed as top court judges.
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Centre clears appointment of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan, SV Bhatti as Supreme Court judges
India | Jul 12, 2023, 10:55 PM ISTThe names of Justice Bhuyan, the chief justice of the Telangana High Court, and Justice Bhatti, his counterpart in Kerala, were recommended for elevation to the top court by the Supreme Court Collegium on July 5.
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Two new Supreme Court judges to take oath tomorrow | KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM
India | Feb 12, 2023, 02:29 PM ISTSupreme Court news: Before their elevation, Justice Bindal was the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court while Justice Kumar was the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
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Supreme Court judges donates Rs 50,000 each to PM CARES fund
India | Apr 01, 2020, 08:26 PM ISTAll the 33 judges including the CJI have donated Rs 50,000 each to the fund. He said cheques have already been sent to the fund. Earlier, Justice N V Ramana, senior-most judge after CJI S A Bobde, had donated Rs 1 lakh each to PM’s fund and funds of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh And Telangana.
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6 Supreme Court judges down with H1N1 virus, CJI to issue direction for emergency situation
India | Feb 25, 2020, 12:08 PM ISTJustice DY Chandrachud has further requested the Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde to issue necessary directions in this regard to take care of the emergency situations which has arisen.
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With 4 judges sworn in, SC attains full strength
India | Sep 23, 2019, 11:40 AM ISTThe Supreme Court on Monday attained its full strength after the swearing of four new judges taking the total number of judges to 34, which is the highest ever.
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CJI writes to PM, seeks increase in number of SC judges
India | Jun 22, 2019, 05:31 PM ISTChief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.
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Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna sworn in as Supreme Court judges
India | Jan 18, 2019, 07:08 PM ISTJustices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn in as Supreme Court judges amid a raging controversy over the functioning of the Collegium which recommended their elevation by ignoring some senior judges of various high courts.
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Justice Chelameswar shares dais with CJI on last working day, hailed for 'upholding democracy'
India | May 18, 2018, 04:26 PM ISTJustice Chelameswar, who retires on June 22, sat in a bench headed by the CJI along with Justice D Y Chandrachud as today was the last working day before the apex court goes for the long summer vacation.
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SC row: Judicial crisis not resolved yet, confirms AG K K Venugopal
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CJI vs SC judges: AG Venugopal makes U-turn, says crisis seems to be ‘not resolved yet’
India | Jan 16, 2018, 10:44 AM ISTThe development comes a day after him and the Bar Council of India (BCI) said that the mater has been “settled” and resolved “internally”.
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CJI sets up 5-judge constitution bench to hear major issues, all 'revolting' judges given a miss
India | Jan 16, 2018, 06:50 AM ISTNone of the four judges — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, feature in the list of members of the 5-judge constitution bench.
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Four SC judges' virtual revolt against Chief Justice Dipak Misra; legal fraternity says it's shocking
India | Jan 12, 2018, 11:44 PM ISTFour senior judges of the Supreme Court on Friday mounted a virtual revolt against the chief justice, listing a litany of problems that they said are afflicting the country's highest court and warned they could destroy Indian democracy.
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SC makes public the mechanism to deal with complaint against SC and HC judges
India | Jan 06, 2015, 03:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Fifteen years after it was adopted, the Supreme Court published the in-house procedure to deal with complaints against judges of the Apex Court and High Courts, on its website Monday.The mechanism was published
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Three judges take charge in SC taking strength to 27
India | Jul 07, 2014, 01:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: Justices Arun Mishra, Adarsh Kumar Goel and Rohington F Nariman on Monday assumed charge as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court's strength to 27, including Chief Justice R M Lodha.Justices Mishra, 59,
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3 Supreme Court Judges Sworn In
India | Sep 13, 2011, 01:58 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 13: Three judges, including a woman, were today sworn in as Supreme Court judges, raising the strength of women in the annals of the highest judiciary to two for the first time.Justices