The Centre appoints nine new judges to five high courts.

• The appointment of nine judges to five High Courts has been announced by the Law Ministry (HCs).
• Seven of the nine judges appointed to various HCs are judicial officers who have been elevated, and two are advocates, Purushaindra Kaurav to the MP HC and Basant Balaji to the Kerala High Court.
• Gautam Choudhary, Ambuj Nath, Sanjay Prasad, and Navneet Kumar are among the seven judicial officers appointed as Jharkhand High Court judges.

Important Facts 

About Supreme Court

• Set up Under: Government of India Act 1935
• First woman judge of India: Anna Chandy
• First CJI of India: Harilal Jekisundas Kania
• First woman chief justice of India: Fathima Beevi