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As of 2010, what was the number of Judges (including the Chief Justice) in the Supreme Court of India…

Article 124(1) of the Constitution provides for a Chief Justice and not more than seven other judges until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number. Using that power,…

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As of 2010, what was the number of Judges (including the Chief Justice) in the Supreme Court of India as provided in the Constitution of India?

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Article 124(1) of the Constitution provides for a Chief Justice and not more than seven other judges until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number. Using that power, the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008 fixed the number of other judges at thirty, so in 2010 the strength including the Chief Justice was "31". The other figures did not match the sanctioned strength at that time.

Current law: the strength has since been raised, most recently in 2026 to thirty-seven judges besides the Chief Justice, thirty-eight in all.

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