In brief: Profiles of the five new supreme court judges

The Supreme Court is all set to get five new judges taking its strength to 32 against the sanctioned strength of 34 on Monday when three chief justices Justice Pankaj Mithal Justice Sanjay Karol and P V Sanjay Kumar of high courts of Rajasthan Patna and Manipur respectively will take oath alongside two other senior high court judgesJustice Ahsanuddin Amanullah of the Patna High Court and Justice Manoj Misra of the Allahabad High Court will also be administered oath of office by Chief Justice of India CJI as apex court judges in a ceremony to be held at the courts auditorium in its new building complexAlso readPervez Musharraf Architect of Kargil War brought Pakistan and India to the brink of warThe senior most among the five judges whose names were officially announced by the Centre on Saturday is Justice Mithal whose parent cadre is the Allahabad High CourtHe was serving as the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court since October 14 last yearBorn on June 17 1961 Justice Mithal is a 1982 commerce graduate from Allahabad University He completed his LLB in 1985 from Meerut College and enrolled as an advocate in the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh the same yearHe started practising in the Allahabad High Court in 1985 and served as the standing counsel for the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad He was also the standing counsel of Dr B R Ambedkar University Agra between 1990 and February 2006Justice Mithal was elevated as additional judge of the Allahabad High Court on July 7 2006 and took oath as permanent Judge on July 2 2008 He took oath as the Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh on January 4 2021The second senior most judge who will take oath on Monday is Justice Karol whose parent HC cadre is Himachal Pradesh He was the chief justice of the Patna High Court at the time of elevationJustice Karol was born on August 23 1961 An alumnus of the prestigious St Edward School of Shimla he graduated with honours in history from Government Degree College ShimlaA native of Kangra district he obtained his degree in law from Himachal Pradesh University and enrolled as an advocate in 1986 Justice Karol practised in various courts including the Supreme Court He has specialised in matters related to Constitution taxation corporate criminal and civil cases He was designated as a senior advocate in 1999Justice Karol was also the advocate general of Himachal Pradesh from 1998 to 2003 and was elevated as a Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on March 8 2007 He was appointed as acting Chief Justice of the court with effect from April 25 2017He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court on November 9 2018 and of the Patna High Court on November 11 2019Justice P V Sanjay Kumar who originally belonged to the Telangana High Court is third in the list of five judges and was heading the Manipur High Court at the time of recommendation by the Collegium on December 13 last year and subsequent clearance by the CentreBorn on August 14 1963 he did his graduation in commerce from Nizam College Hyderabad and secured his LLB degree from Delhi University in 1988 Justice Kumar enrolled as a member of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in August 1988 and served as a government pleader in the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2000 to 2003He was elevated to the bench as an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on August 8 2008 and assumed charge as a permanent judge of the court on January 20 2010 Justice Kumar assumed charge as a judge of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana on October 14 2019 He took oath as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court on February 14 2021Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah of the Patna High Court is the fourth judge who has been appointed to the SCBorn on May 11 1963 he enrolled with the Bihar State Bar Council on September 27 1991 and was standing counsel for the state government from March 2006 to August 2010He was a government advocate in the Patna High Court till his elevation as Judge in the same court on June 20 2011 He was transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court on October 10 2021 and back to the Patna High Court on June 20 2022Justice Manoj Misra the fifth in the list was born on June 2 1965 He enrolled as an advocate on December 12 1988 and was elevated as additional judge at the Allahabad High Court on November 21 2011 He took oath as a permanent judge on August 6 2013All the five names for judgeship in the top court were recommended by the sixmember Supreme Court Collegium on December 13 last yearOn January 31 the Supreme Court Collegium recommended two more names for elevation as top court judges Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Aravind KumarOut of the 27 apex court judges at present eight are scheduled to demit office in 2023This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or 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