Supreme Court gets five more judges

Supreme Court gets five more judges NEW DELHI: Five new judges were on Wednesday appointed to the Supreme Court, taking it working strength to 28. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their Warrants of Appointment and the notifications (सूचनाएं) will be issued shortly, sources in the government said here. Those elevated(ऊपर उठाया) to the apex court are five high court judges,

including four chief justices of state high courts. They are: Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Kerala HC Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder, Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice Dipak Gupta and Karnataka HC judge S Abdul Nazeer.

SC needs Hundred Judges at least. No case should be pending there and all the cases should be closed within a year. Decades prolonged court action is meaning less and deny of justice. The working strength of the Supreme Court has received a fillip with the fresh appointments. Though it has a sanctioned strength of 31, the top court is working with only 23 judges. 

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant are retiring (सेवानिवृत्त हो रहे हैं) from the Supreme Court this year.