Know all about the five new Supreme Court judges
Justice Pankaj Mithal, Justice Sanjay Karol, Justice P V Sanjay Kumar, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Manoj Misra will take oath SC judges on Monday.
New Delhi, Feb 5: Five new judges appointed to the Supreme Court will take the oath of office Monday morning. Three of them -- Justice Pankaj Mithal, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice P V Sanjay Kumar - were the chief justices of the high courts of Rajasthan, Patna and Manipur respectively. The other two are Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah of the Patna High Court and Justice Manoj Misra of the Allahabad High Court. Here is what you need to know about the five new judges:
JUSTICE
PANKAJ
MITHAL
Justice
Mithal,
whose
parent
cadre
is
the
Allahabad
High
Court,
had
been
serving
as
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Rajasthan
High
Court
since
October
14
last
year.
Born on June 17, 1961, Justice Mithal is a 1982 commerce graduate from Allahabad University. He completed his LLB in 1985 from Meerut College and enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh the same year. He started practising in the Allahabad High Court in 1985 and served as the standing counsel for the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad. He was also the standing counsel of Dr B R Ambedkar University, Agra, between 1990 and February 2006.
Justice Mithal was elevated as an additional judge of the Allahabad High Court on July 7, 2006, and took oath as a permanent judge on July 2, 2008. He took oath as the Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh on January 4, 2021.
JUSTICE
SANJAY
KAROL
Justice
Karol,
the
second
senior
most
judge
who
will
take
oath
on
Monday,
belonged
to
the
Himachal
Pradesh
HC
cadre.
He
was
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Patna
High
Court
at
the
time
of
his
elevation
to
the
Supreme
Court.
Justice
Karol
was
born
on
August
23,
1961.
An
alumnus
of
the
prestigious
St.
Edward
School
of
Shimla,
he
graduated
with
honours
in
History
from
Government
Degree
College,
Shimla.
A
native
of
Kangra
district,
he
obtained
his
degree
in
law
from
Himachal
Pradesh
University
and
enrolled
as
an
advocate
in
1986.
Justice
Karol
practised
in
various
courts,
including
the
Supreme
Court.
He
has
specialised
in
matters
related
to
Constitution,
taxation,
corporate,
criminal
and
civil
cases.
He
was
designated
as
a
senior
advocate
in
1999.
Justice
Karol
was
also
the
advocate
general
of
Himachal
Pradesh
from
1998
to
2003
and
was
elevated
as
a
judge
of
the
Himachal
Pradesh
High
Court
on
March
8,
2007.
He
was
appointed
as
acting
Chief
Justice
of
the
high
court
with
effect
from
April
25,
2017.
He
was
appointed
as
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Tripura
High
Court
on
November
9,
2018,
and
of
the
Patna
High
Court
on
November
11,
2019.
JUSTICE
P
V
SANJAY
KUMAR
Justice
Kumar,
who
originally
belonged
to
the
Telangana
High
Court,
is
the
third
in
seniority
in
the
list
of
five
judges.
He
was
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Manipur
High
Court
when
his
name
was
cleared
for
elevation
to
the
Supreme
Court.
Born
on
August
14,
1963,
he
did
his
graduation
in
Commerce
from
Nizam
College,
Hyderabad
and
secured
his
LLB
degree
from
Delhi
University
in
1988.
Justice
Kumar
enrolled
as
a
member
of
the
Bar
Council
of
Andhra
Pradesh
in
August
1988
and
served
as
a
government
pleader
in
the
Andhra
Pradesh
High
Court
from
2000
to
2003.
He
was
elevated
to
the
bench
as
an
additional
judge
of
the
Andhra
Pradesh
High
Court
on
August
8,
2008,
and
assumed
charge
as
a
permanent
judge
of
the
court
on
January
20,
2010.
Justice
Kumar
assumed
charge
as
a
judge
of
the
High
Court
of
Punjab
and
Haryana
on
October
14,
2019.
He
took
oath
as
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Manipur
High
Court
on
February
14,
2021.
JUSTICE
AHSANUDDIN
AMANULLAH
Justice
Amanullah
of
the
Patna
High
Court
is
the
fourth
judge
in
the
list
who
has
been
appointed
for
the
judgeship
in
the
apex
court.
Born
on
May
11,
1963,
he
enrolled
with
the
Bihar
State
Bar
Council
on
September
27,
1991,
and
was
standing
counsel
for
the
state
government
from
March
2006
to
August
2010.
He
was
a
government
advocate
in
the
Patna
High
Court
till
his
elevation
as
a
judge
in
the
same
court
on
June
20,
2011.
He
was
transferred
to
the
Andhra
Pradesh
High
Court
on
October
10,
2021,
and
transferred
back
to
the
Patna
High
Court
on
June
20,
2022.
JUSTICE
MANOJ
MISRA
Justice
Misra
was
born
on
June
2,
1965.
He
enrolled
as
an
advocate
on
December
12,
1988,
and
was
elevated
as
an
additional
judge
of
the
Allahabad
High
Court
on
November
21,
2011.
He
took
oath
as
a
permanent
judge
on
August
6,
2013.