Justice Manmohan sworn in as SC judge

CJI Sanjiv Khanna administered the oath of office to Justice Manmohan at a brief ceremony in court no. 1 of the Supreme Court at 10.30 am.

On his first day in the Supreme Court, Justice Manmohan sat with CJI Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar in a three-judge Bench in court no. 1.

The Centre had notified Justice Manmohan’s appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The five-judge SC Collegium, led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, had on November 28 unanimously recommended Justice Manmohan’s elevation to the top court.

The other four judges in the Collegium were Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Abhay S Oka.

He was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Delhi on 13th March 2008 and was made permanent on December 17, 2009. He has been functioning as the Chief Justice of that High Court since September 29, 2024.

Justice Manmohan stands at serial no. 2 in the combined all-India seniority of High Court Judges and is the senior-most Judge in the High Court of Delhi.

While recommending his name, the Collegium had taken into consideration that at present the Bench of Supreme Court is represented by only one Judge from the High Court of Delhi.

Born on December 17, 1962, he obtained an LLB degree from Delhi’s Campus Law Centre of the Delhi University in 1987 and got enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi the same year.

He practised law before the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court and was designated as a ‘senior advocate’ by the Delhi High Court in 2003.