President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday cleared the appointments of Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice R Mahadevan to the Supreme Court. The appointments were announced by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal today.
After these judges take their oaths, the Supreme Court will regain its strength of 34 judges.
Among the two new appointments, Justice N Kotiswar Singh has become the first judge from Manipur to be elevated to the Supreme Court. He is currently Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. He is the son of Manipur’s first Advocate General N Ibotombi Singh. An alumnus of Kirori Mal College and Campus Law Centre, Delhi University, he started is career as an advocate in 1986. He has also served as Manipur Advocate General before he became a judge. He has served in Gauhati High Court and Manipur High Court.
Meanwhile, Justice R Mahadevan is presently the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court. Born in Chennai, Justice Mahadevan is an alumnus of Madras Law College. He was elevated as a judge of the Madras High Court in 2013.
The two vacancies in Supreme Court were occasioned by the retirement of Justice Aniruddha Bose on 10 April, 2024 and of Justice A S Bopanna on 19 May, 2024.