The Central Government on Tuesday notified the appointment of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Manmohan as a judge of the Supreme Court..Union Minister of Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the same on X (formerly Twitter)."In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Manmohan, Chief Justice, High Court of Delhi as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India," the post said..The Supreme Court Collegium had on November 28 recommended the appointments of Justice Manmohan.The decision was taken by the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and also comprising Justices BR Gavai, Surya Kant, Hrishikesh Roy and Abhay S Oka..Justice Manmohan has been serving as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court since September 2024. Before that, he served as its Acting Chief Justice since September 2023.He was born on December 17, 1962 and completed LL.B from Delhi's Campus Law Centre in 1987. He enrolled as a lawyer with the Bar Council of Delhi that same year and practiced law before the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court.He was designated Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court in January 2003.He was appointed as additional judge of the Delhi High Court on March 13, 2008 and was made permanent on December 17, 2009..Once Justice Manmohan takes oath, Supreme Court will function with 33 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 34, with a vacancy position of 1..[Read Notification]
