4 Women Judges in Supreme Court: A Historic Oath
- Sep 01, 2021,
- Updated Sep 01, 2021, 12:21 AM IST
New Delhi: Today, nine new judges took the oath as Supreme Court judges. Reportedly, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana was seen posing for pictures with his colleagues.
According to the reports, in one of the pictures, he is seen sitting with the women judges of the Supreme Court, namely, Justice Indira Banerjee, Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Bela M Trivedi. As per the reports, this is the highest number of sitting women judges the top court ever.
Previously, from August 2018 to May 2020 the three women judges were Justices R Banumathi, Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra.
As per the reports, this was the first time when nine judges took the oath of office at one go.
According to a press release issued by the top court's public relations office, “This is for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court of India when nine judges will be taking the oath of office in one go. In another first, the venue of the ceremony is shifted to the auditorium. This is done keeping in view the need for strict adherence to COVID norms.”
Presently, the Supreme Court now has 33 judges, including the Chief Justice, against the sanctioned strength of 34.
Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Justice Hima Kohli, Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice C T Ravikumar, Justice M M Sundresh, Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice P S Narasimha are the nine justice who took oath of office.