Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan were on Friday administered the oath of office as judges of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2023-05-19 01:34 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
The new judges were administered the oath of office during a ceremony at the apex court's auditorium
With the swearing-in of Justice Mishra and Justice Viswanathan, the number of judges in the Supreme Court reached its sanctioned strength of 34
However, the apex court will be at full strength only for a brief period as Friday is also the last working day of three judges who are set to retire in June
Justice Viswanathan will become the Chief Justice of India upon the retirement of Justice JB Pardiwala on August 11, 2030, and remain in the post till May 25, 2031
The warrant of appointments of Justice Mishra and Justice Viswanathan as apex court judges was issued from the office of President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday
