Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, administered the oath of office to them. Their names were recommended on 16th May by the Supreme Court Collegium headed by the Chief Justice.
The working strength of the Supreme Court is now equal to its sanctioned judge strength of 34. After the retirement of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and M R Shah, Supreme Court was working with 32 judges.
KV Viswanathan is the tenth lawyer who has directly been appointed from the Bar to the Supreme Court bench. Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra was serving as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The collegium noted that there is presently no representation of the High Court of Chhattisgarh in the Supreme Court.
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Criteria for judge of the Supreme Court are as follows:
A person must be a citizen of India. He/ She must have been a Judge of a High Court for at least five years; or He should have been an advocate of a High Court for at least 10 years; or He should be a distinguished jurist in the opinion of the president.
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