Andhra HC Chief Justice Prashant Mishra, Advocate Viswanathan Appointed As Supreme Court Judges

The Central authorities on Thursday cleared the appointment of Andhra Pradesh HC Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate KV Viswanathan as judges of the Supreme Courtroom, PTI reported. They are going to be sworn-in as Supreme Courtroom judges tomorrow.

New Union Regulation Minister Arjun Meghwal tweeted the information of their appointment late Thursday evening.

Earlier this week, the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, had really useful the 2 names to regain its full sanctioned power of 34 judges.

The Supreme Courtroom power was decreased to 32 judges after Justice MR Shah and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari demitted workplace this month.

Advocate KV Viswanathan is in line to grow to be the 58th Chief Justice of India in August 2030 for a interval of over 9 months. Viswanthan will grow to be solely the fourth lawyer who will go on to grow to be the CJI after being instantly elevated to the Supreme Courtroom bench from the Bar.

The primary CJI who was instantly elevated to the apex courtroom bench from the Bar was Justice SM Sikri. Justice UU Lalit was second within the checklist.  Sitting choose Justice PS Narasimha will grow to be the third CJI.

Viswanathan, born on Might 16, 1966, will function choose of the Supreme Courtroom till Might 25, 2031.

Then again, Justice Mishra is presently the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh Excessive Courtroom. He assumed the put up on October 13, 2021.

Beforehand, he served as Performing Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom and Choose of the Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom.

Whereas recommending his identify, the Collegium famous that there was no illustration of the Chhattisgarh Excessive Courtroom within the Supreme Courtroom presently.

4 extra vacancies are going to come up by the second week of July. Justice KM Joseph is about to retire on June 16, 2023, Justice Ajay Rastogi on June 17, Justice V Ramasubramanian on June 29 and Justice Krishna Murari on July 8 this 12 months.