Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, K V Viswanathan sworn in as Supreme Court judges

The Supreme Court, which has a sanctioned judge strength of 34, was working with 32 judges following the retirement of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and M R Shah.

Justice Mishra was the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, while his parent High Court is Chhattisgarh.

Senior Advocate K V Viswanathan, who was directly elevated from the Bar, will be the Chief Justice of India in August 2030 and will go on to hold office for about 10 months.

The SC Collegium headed by the CJI had recommended their names on May 16 after which the government approved it quickly and the President signed their warrants of appointment. The appointments were announced by new Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

The vacancies at the apex court are set to rise again soon with two judges – Justices K M Joseph and Ajay Rastogi – set to retire in June this year.