Sunita Agarwal, former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court, becomes a Supreme Court judge.
Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, former chief justice of the Delhi High Court, becomes a Supreme Court judge.
Aparesh Kumar Singh, former chief justice of the Telangana High Court, becomes a Supreme Court judge.
The President appointed them after consulting with the Chief Justice of India and the collegium of senior judges.
The Supreme Court now has a total of thirty‑seven judges, including the Chief Justice of India.
Sunita Agarwal from Gujarat, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya from Delhi, and Aparesh Kumar Singh from Telangana were recommended by the senior judges’ collegium.
These appointments increase the Supreme Court’s sanctioned strength to thirty‑seven judges.
The move aims to strengthen the nation’s highest judicial body.
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