The Union government on Monday appointed five new judges to the Supreme Court, taking the apex court’s working strength to 37, one short of its newly enhanced sanctioned capacity of 38 judges.
According to separate notifications issued by the Union Law Ministry, those elevated to the Supreme Court are senior advocate Venkita Subramani Mohana, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Justice Arun Palli, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
The appointments will take effect once the judges are sworn in and formally assume office.
