Meet the 5 new Supreme Court judges who will take oath on Feb 6

Meet the 5 new Supreme Court judges who will take oath on Feb 6

By Kanu Sarda: Five judges rose to the Supreme Court after the Centre removed the proposition made by the Collegium. The toughness of judges in the leading court increased to 32 with President Droupadi Murmu's authorization on Saturday. The names of the 5 judges were advised by the Collegium in December in 2015 as well as three even more names have been sent out to the Centre on January 31, 2023.

The sanctioned stamina of the number of courts in the Peak Court is 34. Currently, the High court is working with 27 courts, consisting of the Principal Justice of India.

The five designated courts are namely-- Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Justice Sanjay Karol, Principal Justice of Patna High Court, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, a court at Patna High Court as well as Justice Manoj Misra, a court at Allahabad High Court.

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The judges are most likely to take vow on Monday at 10:30 am in the Added Building Complex of the Supreme Court, which will be carried out by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

Below's what we know about the five judges:

Justice Pankaj Mithal

Presently, he is the Principal Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Prior to this, he was the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and also Ladakh High Court. Before his elevation as Principal Justice, he was a court of the Allahabad High Court.

Justice Mithal was signed up in bench Council of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1985 and began practicing in the high court as an advocate.

Justice Sanjay Karol

Sanjay Karol has actually been the Chief Justice of Patna High Court given that November 2019. Before this, he was selected as the Principal Justice of the High Court of Tripura. He was appointed as acting Principal Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

Justice Karol enlisted as a supporter in the year 1986 and began his method in the high court as well as supreme court too.

Justice PV Sanjay Kumar

He has actually been the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court given that 2021. Formerly, he was a court at the Punjab and also Haryana High Court. He has also functioned as a judge at the Andhra Pradesh High court.

Justice Kumar was signed up as a member of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in August 1988.

Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah

Currently, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah is a judge of the Patna High Court. Raised as judge of the Patna High Court in 2011, he was then transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2021. Afterwards, he was re-transferred to the Patna High Court in June 2022.

Justice Amanullah was enrolled with the Bihar State Bar Council in September 1991.

Justice Manoj Misra

Presently, Manoj Sinha is the court of the Allahabad High Court. He took a vow as a judge in 2011.

Justice Misra was enlisted as a supporter on December 12, 1988, and also practised in the civil, revenue, criminal and also constitutional sides of the Allahabad High Court.