CJI administers oath to newly appointed Supreme Court judge Dipankar Datta
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud administered the oath of office to Justice Dipankar Datta on Monday who was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court.
The oath was administered at the apex court premises, in the presence of all apex court judges, lawyers, and family members.
In September, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of Dutta as judge of the apex court.
With this, the functional strength of the apex court rose to 28 as against its sanctioned strength of 34. The central government on Sunday notified the appointment of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Datta as the judge of the top court.
A statement, uploaded on the apex court website, had said: “The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 26th September 2022 has recommended elevation of Justice Dipankar Datta, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (PHC: Calcutta), as Judge of the Supreme Court”. The parent high court of Justice Dutta, 57, is the Calcutta High Court.
In April 2020, Justice Datta was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. He practiced primarily in the apex court and high court in constitutional and civil matters before being elevated as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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