Three judges sworn in, taking India’s Supreme Court to 37 members
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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant administered the oath of office to three new Supreme Court judges on Tuesday, raising the court’s working strength to 37, one below its sanctioned strength of 38.
Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Aparesh Kumar Singh were sworn in a day after the central government notified their appointments. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended them on September 28.
Justice Agarwal had been serving as chief justice of the Gujarat High Court, while Justice Upadhyay was chief justice of the Delhi High Court. Both have the Allahabad High Court as their parent court, increasing its representation on the Supreme Court from two judges to four, the largest of any High Court.
Justice Singh, whose parent court is the Jharkhand High Court, had been serving as chief justice of the Telangana High Court. He is the second serving Supreme Court judge originally from the Jharkhand High Court.
The appointments bring the number of women on the Supreme Court to three. Justice Agarwal joins Justices B.V. Nagarathna and V. Mohana, who was elevated directly from the Supreme Court Bar in May. The court’s sanctioned strength was increased from 34 to 38 under the Supreme Court Amendment Act, 2026.
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