THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, July 18: Justices Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan took oath as Supreme Court judges on Thursday.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath to them.
With the appointment, the Supreme Court now has its full strength of 34 judges, including Chief Justice DY Chandrachud.
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The Supreme Court Collegium had proposed the elevation of Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, and R Mahadevan, Acting Chief of the Madras High Court, to the top court.
The President approved their appointments on July 16.
Justice Singh, a native of Manipur, is the first judge from the state to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Justice Mahadevan belongs to a backward community from the state of Tamil Nadu.
