History created in the Supreme Court, 9 judges including woman judge B.V. Nagarathna takes oath together

  • 9 judges of the Supreme Court took the oath of office and secrecy together on Tuesday. CJI NV Ramana administered the oath to them.
  • By the way, among these 9 judges who took the oath, there are 3 women judges including Justice BV Nagarathna.
  • With this, the number of judges in the top court has increased from 24 to 33. All the 9 new judges belong to different states.
  • Significantly, in the Supreme Court, the country's largest court, in a way, a new history was created when nine judges were sworn in together for the first time.
  • Earlier, such a number of judges had not been appointed together. For the first time, the judges took oath not in the courtroom but in the auditorium.