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Apex Court to get four new judges today

Before being elevated to the Apex Court, Justice Chandrachud was the chief justice of Allahabad high court, Justice Khanwilkar was the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh high court at Jabalpur and Justice Bhushan was the chief justice of the Kerala high court.

With their swearing-in, the strength of Apex Court judges will go up to 29, as against the sanctioned strength of 31.

Justice Chandrachud is the son of former Chief Justice of India, YV Chandrachud, who held the post from February 22, 1978 to July 11, 1985. Justice Chandrachud too has a chances of becoming the CJI.
Before his appointment to the Bench, Nageshwara Rao appeared for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in the corruption case against her in the apex court.
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