Nine New Judges Take Oath In Delhi High Court, Working Strength Rises To 44

Nine new judges took oath as Delhi High Court judges on Wednesday, May 18th, taking it's working strength to 44.

Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi administered the oath to the newly appointed Judges. 

The new Judges (in the order of seniority) are:

- Ms. Tara Vitasta Ganju

- Smt. Mini Pushkarna

- Mr. Vikas Mahajan

- Mr. Tushar Rao Gedela

- Smt. Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

- Mr. Sachin Datta

- Mr. Amit Mahajan

- Mr. Gaurang Kanth

- Mr. Saurabh Banerjee 

Delhi High Court was functioning with a working strength of 35 judges as against the sanctioned strength of 60.

The names of Advocates Tara Vitasta Ganju and Mini Pushkarna were recommended by the Supreme Court collegium in the year 2020, followed by reiteration. Whereas, the names of other seven advocates were recommended recently in the Supreme Court collegium meeting held on May 4.