15 judges sworn in to Madras HC, total strength rises to 54

Chennai: Fifteen judges of the Madras High Court were on Wednesday sworn in with the Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul administering the oath of office to them. [caption id=“attachment_3023766” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. News18[/caption] Newly-appointed Registrar General Sathish Kumar read out the warrant of appointments issued by the President of India. Six of the judges are from the subordinate judiciary — S Bhaskaran, Bhasheer Ahmed, G Jaichandran, Ravindran, Velmurugan, CV Karthikeyan while nine from the Bar — V Parthiban, R Subramanian, M Govindaraj, M Sundar, R Sureshkumar, Ms Nishabanu, M S Ramesh, S M Subramanian, Anitha Sumanth. With this, the total strength of judges has risen to 54 against the sanctioned strength of 75. Advocate General R Muthukumaraswamy were among those who welcomed the newly-appointed judges.