Supreme Court gets two new judges; CJI administers oath of office

New Delhi, 19/5: The Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday administered the oath of office to Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan as Supreme Court judges.

The Centre had yesterday cleared the Collegium’s proposal to elevate Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mishra and senior advocate as top court judges.

 

Notably, the recommendations were made by the Collegium on May 16.

 

Justice Mishra, who hails from Chhattisgarh High Court, ranks at serial number 21 in the All-India Seniority List of judges of the High Courts

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