FULL STRENGTH, FINALLY
India Legal|May 23, 2022
With the appointment of two more judges, the apex court has achieved its full strength of 34 judges. But seven more judges are scheduled to retire this year
- Shivam Sharma and India Legal Bureau
FULL STRENGTH, FINALLY

THE Supreme Court has regained its sanctioned strength of 34 judges with the appointment of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala on May 9 as judges.

The Union Law Ministry on May 7 had announced the appointments of Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Jamshed B Pardiwala of the Gujarat High Court as judges of the Supreme Court in separate notifications. On May 5, the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana had recommended their names. With the retirement of Justice R Subhash Reddy on January 4 this year, the total strength of judges in the top court had come down to 32.

Justice Dhulia, born on August 10, 1960, hails from Madanpur, a remote village in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, and joined the Bar at the Allahabad High Court in 1986. A second-generation legal professional, Justice Dhulia's younger brother Tigmanshu Dhulia is a national award-winning film director. He had his early education in Dehradun and Allahabad and is an alumni of Sainik School, Lucknow. He did his graduation and law from the University of Allahabad. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 2004 and elevated as a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court in November 2008. In January 2021, he became the chief justice of the High Court of Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. He will have a tenure of over three years.

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