For the first
time in the Indian history of Supreme Court, nine judges, including three women,
took oath at the Supreme Court in one sitting. This historic oath was headed by
the Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana. With the swearing-in of the nine new
judges, the strength of the Supreme Court has risen from 24 to 33.
Moreover, this
will be the first time when the women judges will be on the league to become the
Chief Justice of India (CJI)
The nine new judges who sworn in as Judges at
supreme court were Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Vikram Nath, Jitendra Kumar
Maheshwari, Hima Kohli, BV Nagarathna, CT Ravikumar, MM Sundresh, Bela M
Trivedi and PS Narasimha.
Among the new women Judges, Justice Hima Kohli
served as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court before being appointed as a
Supreme Court Justice. She was
appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court on May 29, 2006 and
took oath as a permanent judge on August 29, 2007.
Judge Nagarathna is the daughter of the former
CJI E S Venkataramiah. She was a judge of the Karnataka High Court before being
promoted to the Supreme Court. Judge
Nagarathna was appointed as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court in
February 2008 and was later appointed as the permanent judge there.
Justice Bela M Trivedi, born in June 1960, was
a judge of the Gujarat High Court before being elevated to the apex court. She
has also served as an additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court.
This is the highest number of women sitting
judges Supreme Court ever had in its timeline. Among them BV Nagrathna could be the first woman
Chief Justice of India in 2027.
