In a first time in the history of supreme court nine judges took oath of office in one go. Nine new judges, out of which three are women, administered the oath of office as judges of the supreme court of India by the chief justice of India N.V. Ramana on 31st August, 2021. The names of the judges are as follows: 

1. Justice Vikram Nath, (Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court); 
2. Justice bv Nagarathna, ( Judge of the Karnataka High Court);
3. justice P S Narasimha, (Senior Advocate and Former Additional Solicitor General); 
4. Justice Abhay Shreeniwas oka, (Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court);
5. Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, (Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court);
6. Justice Hima Kohli, (Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court); 
7. Justice C T  Ravikumar, (Judge of the Kerala High Court) 
8. Justice M M Sundresh, (Judge of the Madras High Court);
9. Justice Bela M Trivedi, (Judge of the Gujarat High Court).

The supreme court collegium recommended the names of these nine judges on August 17 for appointment as judges of the apex court. President Ram Nath Kovind then signed the warrants of their appointment as top court judges. Three out of these nine new judges -- Justice Vikram Nath and Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice P S Narasimha -- are in line to become the chief justice of India. The strength of the supreme court judges now stands at 33 out of the total 34 after the swearing in of the above stated nine judges. 

The top court has seen very few women judges since its inception and in the last over 71 years has appointed only eight women judges starting from M Fathima Beevi in 1989. Justice Indira Banerjee is the lone serving woman judge in the top court after her elevation on August 7, 2018. The number of women judges in the supreme court has gone up to four from one. This is the highest number of women judges ever in the supreme court. This brings us to the reality and the changes we need in these times. Even after 75 years of independence the women of India do not get equal representation in the judiciary. The chief justice of India N V Ramana says that it disheartens him to note that only after 75 years of independence India has only been able to give a mere 11% representation to women on the bench of the supreme court when it actually should be 50%. The CJI also pointed out that even though some women lawyers manage to reach the top of the legal profession, basic amenities are lacking to serve them, such as the absence of restrooms in lower courts. There has never been a female chief justice in the supreme court. President of India Ram Nath Kovind has also said that to achieve the correct ideals of our constitution and for a just society to be fully achieved there has to be an increase in the number of women in the judiciary. 

The supreme court collegium has on the other hand submitted 8 names to the centre for appointment as chief justices of the various high court. The names of justices Prakash Srivastava, Prashant Kumar Mishra and Ritu Raj Awasthi have been recommended for appointment as chief justices of high courts of Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively whereas, names of justices Satish Chandra Sharma, Ranjit v more, Aravind Kumar and R V Malimath have been recommended for appointing them as chief justices of high courts of Telangana, Meghalaya, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. 

The 25 high courts of the country have a combined sanctioned strength of 1,080 judges and on 1 may, 2021, the high courts were functioning with 420 judges only and hence this move was necessary to let the proper functioning of the judiciary go on in each state. The series of recommendations have been made close on the heels of a historic decision to recommend 68 names in one go for judgeship in 12 high courts across the country. A marathon collegium was made to transfer judges to complete their requirements and decrease the backlogs and reduce burden off the judges already present.