Three new Supreme Court judges sworn in
New
Delhi,
Nov
12:
Three
new
Supreme
Court
judges
were
sworn
in
by
the
Chief
Justice
of
India
K
G
Balakrishnan
this
morning.
The new judges are Justices G S Singhvi, Aftab Alam and J M Panchal. The oath of office was administered at 1030 hrs in the Supreme Court.
With today's appointment, the total strength of judges in Supreme Court has gone up to 25 against the sanctioned strength of 26.
Till now, there is no women judge in the Supreme Court. The only women judge Rumapal had retired in November last year.
Justice Singhvi is from Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Aftab Alam is from Jammu and Kashmir High Court, and Justice Panchal is from Rajasthan High Court.
UNI
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Story first published: Monday, November 12, 2007, 12:18 [IST]