After the swearing in of two new judges on Monday, the Supreme Court functioned at its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges, albeit for a couple of days..While the appointment of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and JB Pardiwala took the working strength of the top court from 32 to its full quorum of 34, the retirement of Justice Vineet Saran on Tuesday brought down the strength to 33. .More judges will be retiring from apex court this year. The judges who are set to retire in the order of retirement date are:Justice L Nageswara Rao – June 7Justice AM Khanwilkar – July 29CJI NV Ramana - August 26Justice Indira Banerjee - September 23Justice Hemant Gupta – October 16Justice UU Lalit - November 8 (will retire as CJI)
After the swearing in of two new judges on Monday, the Supreme Court functioned at its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges, albeit for a couple of days..While the appointment of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and JB Pardiwala took the working strength of the top court from 32 to its full quorum of 34, the retirement of Justice Vineet Saran on Tuesday brought down the strength to 33. .More judges will be retiring from apex court this year. The judges who are set to retire in the order of retirement date are:Justice L Nageswara Rao – June 7Justice AM Khanwilkar – July 29CJI NV Ramana - August 26Justice Indira Banerjee - September 23Justice Hemant Gupta – October 16Justice UU Lalit - November 8 (will retire as CJI)