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Delhi High Court Working Strength Rises to 50 After Seven Judges Take Oath
Nyayavat • Published • Updated • 3 min read
Seven newly appointed judges have taken oath at the Delhi High Court, increasing its working strength to fifty judges against a sanctioned strength of sixty.
Judges who took oath
Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya administered the oath to Justices Nivedita Anil Sharma, Nisha Sahay Saxena, Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun Bhardwaj.
The swearing-in followed the Central Government's notification of their appointments.
Current strength of the Court
The Delhi High Court has a sanctioned composition of forty-five permanent judges and fifteen additional judges. With the seven additions, the working strength has risen to fifty.
The Court has in recent years seen sustained growth in commercial and other litigation, making judicial vacancies an important administrative issue.
What happens next
The present working strength may change later in the year as sitting judges reach retirement. For now, the appointments give the Court one of its highest recent levels of judicial staffing.
Chief Justice: Justice D.K. Upadhyaya
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