The 5 newly appointed Supreme Court docket justices will take their oath of workplace at the moment, February sixth. The 5 new Supreme Court docket justices are Justice Pankaj Mithal, Justice Sanjay Karol, Justice P V Sanjay Kumar, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Justice Manoj Misra.
After the 5 new judges take the oath, the entire variety of justices on the Supreme Court docket will enhance from the present 27 (together with the Chief Justice of India). The Supreme Court docket is authorised to have a complete of 34 justices, together with the Chief Justice of India.
Here is all the pieces you should know concerning the 5 new Supreme Court docket judges :
JUSTICE PANKAJ MITHAL
Justice Mithal was born on June 17, 1961, and he earned a level in enterprise from Allahabad College in 1982. In 1985, he graduated with a Bachelor of Legal guidelines from Meerut School and have become a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh.
At 1985, he started his authorized profession and have become the everlasting authorized consultant for the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad within the Allahabad Excessive Court docket. Between the years 1990 and February 2006, he served because the college’s standing counsel at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College in Agra.
In July 7, 2006, Justice Mithal was appointed as an additional choose on the Allahabad Excessive Court docket, and on July 2, 2008, he took oath as a everlasting choose. On January 4, 2021, he formally turned the Chief Justice of the Frequent Excessive Court docket for the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL
Justice Karol, the second-most-senior choose to take the oath on Monday, was beforehand a choose of the Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket. Earlier than his appointment to the Supreme Court docket, he served as Chief Justice of the Patna Excessive Court docket.
On August 23, 1961, Justice Karol entered this world. He attended the elite St. Edward Faculty in Shimla and went on to get a level in Historical past from the Authorities Diploma School in the identical metropolis, the place he acquired excessive marks.
He attended Shimla’s elite St. Edward Faculty and went on to get a level in historical past from the town’s Authorities Diploma School with excessive honours.
He was born and raised within the Kangra space, and in 1986 he graduated with a legislation diploma from the Himachal Pradesh College. Justice Karol has in depth expertise working within the authorized system. He has in depth expertise in constitutional, tax, enterprise, felony, and civil considerations. In 1999, he was promoted to senior advocate standing.
Earlier than changing into a choose within the Himachal Pradesh Excessive Court docket on March 8, 2007, Justice Karol served because the state’s advocate common from 1998 to 2003. On April 25, 2017, he started serving in his new function as performing Chief Justice of the best courtroom. On November 9, 2018, he turned the Chief Justice of the Tripura Excessive Court docket, and on November 11, 2019, he was named the Chief Justice of the Patna Excessive Court docket.
JUSTICE P V SANJAY KUMAR
Justice Kumar is the third most senior of the 5 justices, and he got here from the Telangana Excessive Court docket. Previous to being confirmed to the Supreme Court docket, he served as Chief Justice of the Manipur Excessive Court docket.
He was born on August 14, 1963, and after graduating from Nizam School, Hyderabad with a level in Commerce, he attended Delhi College to get a legislation diploma in 1988. Whereas serving as a authorities pleader on the Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket from 2000 to 2003, Justice Kumar turned a member of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in August 1988.
He was first appointed to the Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket bench on August 8, 2008, as a further choose, after which as a everlasting choose on January 20, 2010. On October 14, 2019, Justice Kumar started his tenure within the Excessive Court docket of Punjab and Haryana. On February 14, 2021, he took the oath of workplace as Chief Justice of the Manipur Excessive Court docket.
JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH
Because the fourth choose on the checklist, Patna Excessive Court docket Justice Amanullah has been elevated to the Supreme Court docket.
He was born on Could eleventh, 1963, and labored as a barrister for the state authorities of Bihar from March 2006 until August of 2010. He registered with the Bihar State Bar Council on September twenty seventh, 1991.
Earlier than changing into a choose on the twentieth of June, 2011, he labored as a authorities lawyer within the Patna Excessive Court docket. On October10, 2021, he was moved to the Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket, then on June20, 2022, he was transferred again to the Patna Excessive Court docket.
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JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA
Justice Misra was born on June 2, 1965. A lawyer since December 12, 1988, he turned a further choose within the Allahabad Excessive Court docket on November 21, 2011. On August 6, 2013, he was sworn in as a everlasting choose.
(With inputs from PTI)
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