Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on July 18 administered the oath of office to two new judges of the Supreme Court. Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and R. Mahadevan took oath as Supreme Court judges taking the apex court to its full working strength of 34 judges.
Last week, the SC Collegium, headed by CJI Chandrachud, recommended the elevation of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court’s Acting Chief Justice R. Mahadevan to the top court. Acting swiftly on the Collegium’s recommendations, the Centre on Tuesday cleared the appointment of Justices N. Kotiswar Singh and R. Mahadevan to the apex court.
In its statement, the apex court Collegium had said that it took factors like seniority, merit, integrity, diversity of region, gender and community, and inclusion of marginalised and backward sections of society, etc..
while making recommendations for appointment to the Supreme Court. Justice Kotiswar Singh, who hails from Manipur was originally appointed as a Judge of the Gauhati High Court in October 2011. In February last year, he was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
