Justices Sunita Agarwal, DK Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh elevated as Supreme Court judges

Key facts

• The Union Government has notified the appointment of three High Court Chief Justices — Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Aparesh Kumar Singh — as judges of the Supreme Court.
• The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, recommended the elevations on September 28.
• Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, will be the third woman judge on the Supreme Court, alongside Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice V. Mohana.
• Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and earlier served as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
• Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh was Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court and previously headed the Tripura High Court.
• With these appointments, the Supreme Court's strength will rise to 37 judges against a sanctioned strength of 38.
• The five-member Collegium that made the recommendations comprised CJI Surya Kant and Justices Vikram Nath, B.V. Nagarathna, M.M. Sundresh and P.S. Narasimha.
• None of the three newly appointed judges is presently in the line of succession for the office of Chief Justice of India.