Earlier in the day, the top court had agreed to hear on February 10 the plea challenging the appointment of Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri...

With the appointment of five judges, the total number of judges in the apex court has risen to 32, two short of the full strength...

Justice 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...

This comes amid an ongoing tiff between the govt and judiciary over the process of appointing judges to the apex court and the 25 high courts...

The decision comes after strong observations were made by the apex court regarding the government's delay in the appointment and transfer of judges as per the SC collegium's recommendations...

The bench expressed displeasure over the delay by govt in clearing recommendations for transfer of high court judges, saying 'it is a very, very serious issue'...

The sanctioned strength of the apex court is 34, including the Chief Justice of India, its present working strength is 27...

Additional judges are usually appointed for a period of two years before being elevated as permanent judges...

Modi government is following a policy of 'deliberately withholding Collegium recommendations for months and years' to keep the fate of named judges in limbo...

44 judges' names are likely to be processed within two-three days...