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Chief Justice (CJ) K G Balakrishnan today administered oath of office to two new judges of the Supreme Court.



Justice Deepak Verma has been elevated from Rajasthan High Court to the Supreme Court while Justice B S Chauhan has been promoted from Orissa High Court.



Justice Verma was the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High court while Justice Chauhan was the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.



The Union Government had recently increased sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 26 to 31 judges including CJ.



The decision is yet to be notified despite the fact that it has been approved of by the President Pratibha Patil.



The present sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court is 26.

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