Current justices There are currently nine justices on the Supreme Court: Chief Justice John Roberts and eight associate justices.

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Justice NV Ramana

The dignity of the office of the chief justice of high courts, which is eroding day by day, will be restored.” At present, the retirement age is 65 years for Supreme Court judges and 62 years for high court judges.

The UPA government’s law minister M Veerappa Moily had on August 13, 2010 introduced the Constitution (114 Amendment) Bill for increasing the retirement age of HC judges from present 62 years to 65 years. It was in 1963, that the Constitution was amended to increase the retirement age of HC Judges from 60 to 62 year.

Mayank Pratap Singh

There are currently 26 judges (including the Chief Justice of India) and maximum possible strength is 34. As per the Constitution of India, judges of the Supreme Court retire at age of 65. Justice N. V. Ramana is the 48th Chief Justice of India.

Maximum Strength of Judges in each High Court

The Judicial system of India is classified into three levels with subsidiary parts….Judiciary of India.

It is insufficient to say that more courts are necessary to increase access to justice, without addressing the institutional causes of the lack of capacity. This requires permanent solutions to problems of resource allocation in the judiciary, based on rigorous empirical investigation and development.

Today, of the 27 judges in the Supreme Court, there is only one woman judge, Justice Indira Banerjee, with a total of seven vacancies.

The Supreme Court of India comprises the Chief Justice and 30 other Judges appointed by the President of India.