New Delhi: Seven judicial officers took the oath of office as Delhi High Court judges on Monday, taking the strength of the court to 50.
Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya administered the oath to Justices Nivedita Anil Sharma, Nisha Sahay Saxena, Sanjay Sharma, Bharat Parashar, Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt and Arun Bhardwaj, who were serving as judicial officers in the district judiciary here.
The swearing-in ceremony was held on the high court premises and after administering the oath, the chief justice congratulated the new judges.
While Justices Sharma and Saxena took oath in English, the other five took the oath in Hindi.
They have been appointed as additional judges of the high court.
The central government notified the seven new appointments on September 19 after the Supreme Court collegium made a recommendation in favour of these judicial officers.
The sanctioned strength of the high court is 60 and with the seven new appointments, its current strength has risen to 50.
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