India, May 29 -- The Union government on Thursday notified the appointment of three new judges to the Supreme Court, a day after the President gave her assent to the collegium's recommendations. HT earlier on Thursday reported that the appointments were expected to come through during the day.

Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced the appointments on X. "In exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint S/Shri Justices (i) N.V. Anjaria, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, (ii) Vijay Bishnoi, Chief Justice, High Court of Gauhati, and (iii) A.S. Chandurkar, Judge, High Court of Bombay as Judges of the Supreme Court of India," M...