Justices NV Anjaria, Vijay Bishnoi and Atul S Chandurkar were sworn into office this morning as judges of the Supreme Court of India..Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai administered the oath of office. The development follows a day after the Central government notified the appointment of Justices Anjaria, Bishnoi and Chandurkar as judges of the Supreme Court. Notably, Justice Bishnoi today took the oath of office in Hindi, while Justices Anjaria and Chandurkar were administered the oath in English. With the three new appointments, the Supreme Court will operate at its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges..The recommendation to elevate the three judges to the Supreme Court was made by the Collegium headed by CJI BR Gavai on May 26..When the recommendation was made, Justice NV Anjaria was serving as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, his parent High Court being Gujarat; Justice Vijay Bishnoi, whose parent High Court is Rajasthan, was serving as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court, and Justice Atul S Chandurkar was serving as a Bombay High Court judge. .Justice Anjaria began practicing law at the Gujarat High Court in August 1988 under Senior Advocate SN Shelat. He handled constitutional, civil, labour and service matters and served as standing counsel for various state bodies.He was appointed as an additional judge of the Gujarat High Court on November 21, 2011 and became a permanent judge on September 6, 2013. He took oath as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on February 25, 2024..Justice Bishnoi was enrolled as an advocate on July 8, 1989. He practiced at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jodhpur, handling a wide range of matters including civil, criminal, constitutional, service and election cases. He served as Additional Central Government Standing Counsel (2000–2004) and represented various departments of the Rajasthan government.Justice Bishnoi was appointed an additional judge of the Rajasthan High Court on January 8, 2013 and became a permanent judge on January 7, 2015. He was appointed Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and took oath on February 5, 2024..Justice Chandurkar enrolled as a lawyer on July 21, 1988, and began his legal career in the chambers of Senior Advocate BN Naik in Mumbai. In 1992, he shifted his practice to Nagpur, where he appeared before various courts and dealt with a wide range of legal matters.He was appointed an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on June 21, 2013..[Live Coverage]
