Published on May 30, 2025
Current Affairs
Three new judges to the Supreme Court
Three new judges to the Supreme Court

♦ Justice NV Anjaria, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court; Justice Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court; and Justice AS Chandurkar, judge of the Bombay High Court were appointed as Supreme Court Judges.

♦ The central government approved their appointment on 29 May 2025. 

♦ Justice NV Anjaria began his legal career at the Gujarat High Court in August 1988.

♦ He was appointed an Additional Judge on November 21, 2011, and became a permanent judge on September 6, 2013.

♦ He was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court on February 25, 2024.

♦ Justice Vijay Bishnoi enrolled as an advocate on July 8, 1989, and practised at the Rajasthan High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal in Jodhpur.

♦ He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Rajasthan High Court on January 8, 2013, and became a permanent judge on January 7, 2015.

♦ He assumed office as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on February 5, 2024.

♦ Justice AS Chandurkar began his legal career in Mumbai in July 1988, later shifting his practice to Nagpur in 1992.

♦ He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on June 21, 2013.