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Supreme Court with full strength
February 13 , 2023
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- India's Supreme Court is now back to its full strength of 34, with the elevation of two High Court Chief Justices to the apex court.
- The last time the apex court was at its full strength was in September-November 2019.
- The Parliament enacted the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 and has amended to fix the maximum ceiling for the number of judges.
- In 1956, the number was raised to 11 in addition to a Chief Justice.
- It was further amended to 14 in 1960, 18 in 1978, 26 in 1986 31 in 2009 and 33 in 2019.
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