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5 new Supreme Court judges sworn in, CJI DY Chandrachud administers oath to Justice Pankaj Mittal, Justice Sanjay Karol, Justice PV Kumar, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice Manoj Mishra
With their appointments, the top court now has 32 out of its sanctioned strength of 34 judges

The Supreme Court of India got five new judges on Monday. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administered the oath of office to the judges. These five include Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Pankaj Mittal, Patna High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Karol, Manipur High Court Chief Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, Patna High Court Chief Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Allahabad High Court Justice Manoj Mishra.
The new judges were sworn in as apex court judges on Monday by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, in a ceremony held at the court’s auditorium in its new building complex. With their appointments, the top court now has 32 out of its sanctioned strength of 34 judges.
Pankaj Mittal, Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court
Pankaj Mittal has formerly served as judge of Allahabad High Court. Chief Justice Pankaj Mittal started practice at the Allahabad High Court in 1985 and served as standing counsel for the Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board. He was also the Standing Counsel of Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra between 1990 and February 2006. Justice Mittal was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court on July 7, 2006 and was sworn in as a permanent Judge on July 2, 2008. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh on January 4, 2021.
Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice, Patna High Court
The second senior judge who was administered the oath today was Justice Karol. He has served as a Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. At the time of elevation, he was the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Justice Karol was born on August 23, 1961. Justice Karol practiced in various courts including the High Court. He has expertise in matters related to the Constitution, Taxation, Corporate, Criminal and Civil. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 1999.
Justice Karol was also the Advocate General of Himachal Pradesh from 1998 to 2003 and was elevated as a judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on March 8, 2007. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the court with effect from 25 April 2017. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court on November 9, 2018 and Patna High Court on November 11, 2019.
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PV Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice, Manipur High Court
Justice PV Sanjay Kumar is originally associated with the Telangana High Court. He is third in the list of five judges and was the chief justice of the Manipur High Court when recommended by the collegium on December 13 last year and later approved by the Centre. He was born on August 14, 1963. He graduated in commerce from Nizam College, Hyderabad and obtained his LLB degree from Delhi University in 1988. Justice Kumar enrolled as a member of the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh in August 1988 and served as a public prosecutor in the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2000 to 2003.
He was elevated to the bench as an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on August 8, 2008, and took over as a permanent judge of the court on January 20, 2010. Justice Kumar assumed charge as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 14, 2019. He took oath as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court on February 14, 2021.
Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Judge, Patna High Court
Justice Amanullah of the Patna High Court is the fourth judge to be appointed to the Apex Court. He was born on May 11, 1963. He enrolled with the Bihar State Bar Council on September 27, 1991 and was the Standing Counsel of the State Government from March 2006 to August 2010. He was a Government Pleader in the Patna High Court. He was elevated as a judge in the same court on June 20, 2011. He was transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court on October 10, 2021 and back to Patna High Court on June 20, 2022.
Manoj Mishra, Judge, Allahabad High Court
Justice Mishra was born on June 2, 1965. He enrolled as an advocate on 12 December 1988 and was elevated as Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court on 21 November 2011. He took the oath of office as a permanent judge on August 6, 2013.
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Amritpal Singh case: Fugitive Khalistani leader’s gunman Gorkha Baba arrested by Punjab Police
Tejinder Singh aka Gorkha Baba, a notorious associate and former gunman of fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police on Thursday, officials said.

Tejinder Singh aka Gorkha Baba, a notorious associate and former gunman of fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police on Thursday, officials said.
A report quoted DSP Payal Harsimrat Singh of the Punjab Police as saying that Tejinder Singh, a resident of Punjab’s Mangewal village, was nabbed by the Khanna police.
DSP Harsimrat said Tejinder, who was a gunman for Amritpal Singh for a long period and often lived with the Waris Punjab De chief, is also involved in the Ajnala case. The officer said that Tejinder, also known as Gorkha Baba, was very active on social media and often posts pictures of himself brandishing different weapons due to which he’s wanted in a separate case registered against him at Malaud police station.
The official further said that Tejinder has been booked under sections 107/151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and two other aides who accompanied him, have also been taken into custody and are being questioned.
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She said that Tejinder had several cases, including liquor smuggling and assault, registered against him prior to this and he had already served time for those.
Earlier in the day, seven aides of Amritpal Singh brought to Amritsar’s Baba Bakala court amid heavy police presence where they were remanded to police custody till tomorrow.
In a statement, Senior Superintendent of Police Rural Amritsar Zone, Satinder Singh said the seven accused were nabbed along with six illegal 12-bore weapons and were booked under the Arms Act along with their leader Amritpal Singh, who is still at large.
Earlier today, the Punjab Police said that Amritpal Singh—the notorious pro-Khalistani separatist leader—changed five vehicles in 12 hours to stay a step ahead of law enforcement agencies and evade arrest.
Last month, Amritpal Singh and his supporters armed with swords and guns, stormed a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of Amritsar city and clashed with police for the release of one of his aides Lovepreet Singh.
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Tamil Nadu man throws acid at wife inside Coimbatore court complex
In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hurled a bottle of acid on his wife and her lawyers at court complex in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, officials said.

In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hurled a bottle of acid on his wife and her lawyers at court complex in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, officials said.
According to the police, the victim, Kavitha had reached the district court complex in Coimbatore in connection with a hearing of a case when her husband, Sivakumar, brazenly threw a bottle of acid at her face, injuring her and at least three others in the attack.
The victims, Kavitha and her lawyers, sustained burn injuries in the acid attack and were rushed to a nearby government hospital for medical attention.
An official said Sivakumar was overpowered and pinned down by some lawyers who witnessed the incident and later handed over to the police.
Giving details he said that police saved Sivakumar from a mob that gathered after the attack and wanted to thrash him, adding that the accused had carried the acid in a water bottle.
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The official further said that the accused has been arrested and a case registered against him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), adding that further investigation is underway to determine Sivakumar’s motive behind the attack.
In a similar incident, a shocking video emerged back in January, where a man from the Cooperganj area of UP’s Kanpur claimed that his wife threw acid on his face.
As per reports at the time, a heated argument broke out between the couple, where the husband asked her why she came so late home, and the agitated lady lost her temper and threw acid from the bottle on his face.
A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms.
With an injured face, the victim went to the police station and registered his complaint about the incident. After investigating and questioning him, police arrested the woman for the offense.
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Jharkhand: Policeman steps on 4-day-old baby while searching a house, baby dies
Bhushan’s family members allege that the child was trampled to death by the policemen.

A horrific incident has come to light from Jharkhand’s Giridh district where a policeman allegedly stepped on a 4-day-old baby while searching a house to nab the accused. The incident took place in Kosogondodighi village in the district on Wednesday.
The reports state that while searching a house for the accused, who is also the child’s grandfather, the police allegedly stepped on a newborn who was asleep in one of the rooms.
State Health Minister Banna Gupta said, Such kinds of incidents will be criticized and strict action will be taken. This country runs according to the Constitution thus action will be taken against the police officials as well.
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The locals claim that a team headed by Sangam Pathak, in charge of the Deori police station, reached the accused, Bhushan Pandey’s, house to catch him after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. However, seeing the police, all the family members of Bhushan’s family left the house, leaving the infant alone.
The mother of the deceased newborn Neha Devi alleged that the baby was sleeping inside the house when the police were searching the nook and corner of the house. Upon reaching the house, after the police team had gone, she found her child dead.
Bhushan’s family members allege that the child was trampled to death by the policemen.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjay Rana said that an investigation into this matter is underway and the body has been sent for postmortem. Action will be taken after the proper investigation.
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