New Delhi: Justice Dipankar Datta was sworn in as Supreme Court judge by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday. Justice Datta was the Ex-Bombay High Court Chief Justice.

The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued a notification stating the appointment of Justice Datta on Sunday as the Apex court judge.

The number of judges in the top court has now grown to 28. The sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court is 34, including the Chief Justice of India.

Justice Datta, who was born on February 9, 1965, turned 57 this year and will continue to serve on the Supreme Court, where the retirement age is 65, until February 8, 2030.

The appointment of Justice Datta to the Supreme Court has been proposed by the Supreme Court Collegium, which was chaired by former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit during its meeting on September 26, 2022.

Justice Datta's parent High Court was Calcutta High Court. The parent High Court of a judge is the High Court where the concerned judge was first elevated to the bench.

On June 22, 2006, Justice Datta, the late Justice Salil Kumar Datta's son and a former member of the Calcutta High Court, was appointed as a permanent judge.

On April 28, 2020, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Justice Amitava Roy, a former Supreme Court justice, is related to Justice Dutta by marriage.

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