Justice Roy sworn in as Supreme Court judge

Posted on 27th Feb 2015 02:35 pm by mohit kumar

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Justice Amitava Roy was Friday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court.

He was the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. With his elevation, the strength of the apex court judges has gone up to 29. The apex court has a sectioned strength of 31 judges.

Justice Roy will have a tenure of three years.

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