SUPREME COURT STRENGTH RISES TO 32
The Constitution of India says Supreme Court shall have a maximum of 34 judges including the Chief Justice.
Recently, five new judges were appointed by the President of India. With this, the strength of judges in the apex court increased to 32. The newly appointed judges were
Pankaj Mithal (Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC),
Manoj Misra (Judge of Allahabad HC),
Ahsanuddin Amanullah (Judge of Bihar HC), PV
Sanjay Kumar (Chief Justice of Manipur HC) and
Sanjay Karol (Chief Justice of Bihar HC).
All the newly appointed judges were serving as the High Court judges.
Appointment of SC Judges
• Article 124:
Judges of SC are appointed by the President of India
• Article 125: Salaries of Judges
• Article 126:
Chief Justice of SC appointment
• Article 127:
speaks about the appointment of Ad Hoc judges
• Article 128:
Speaks about the attendance of retired judges. The Chief Justice of India shall appoint any retired Supreme Court judge to act as a judge of the SC.
• Article 129:
SC shall punish for contempt of itself
• Article 130:
SC shall sit in the place as approved by CJI
• Article 131: Jurisdiction of SC
• Article 132:
Appellate Jurisdiction of SC
TRIVIA:
Supreme Court’s decisions are binding on other Indian courts as well as the union and state governments.
As per the Article 142 of the Constitution, the court is conferred with the inherent jurisdiction to pass any order deemed necessary in the interest of complete justice which becomes binding on the President to enforce.
The Court can always test the extreme penalty of dismissal from service on the test of proportionality. Poor Line Mazdoor dismissed from service reinstated by Supreme Court invoking Article 142 of the Constitution.
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