Centre nod in 2 days, 2 Supreme Court judges to take oath today

The SC Collegium headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud had recommended the appointments on May 16 .

Viswanathan will be in line to be the Chief Justice of India from August 12, 2030 to May 25, 2031. He will be the fourth CJI from the bar — after former CJIs S M Sikri in 1971 and UU Lalit last year, as well as Justice P S Narasimha, who is in line for the post in 2028.

Senior Advocate K V Viswanathan

Born on August 29, 1964, Justice Mishra will have a tenure of more than six years as an SC judge.

With the two new appointments, the SC will function at its sanctioned strength of 34 judges.

Even as the Law Ministry undergoes a change of guard, the appointment of the two judges has been cleared in just two working days. In the last round of appointments, it took the government 53 days — the Collegium had recommended elevation of five judges on December 13, 2022, and the government cleared the file on February 4 this year.

Before that, Justice Dipankar Dutta was recommended by the Collegium on September 26, 2022, and the government cleared the file on December 10 that year — or 75 days.