FACTS ABOUT SUPREME COURT

FEW FACTS REGARDING SUPREME COURT IN INDIA:

1. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1950 ON 28TH JANUARY.
2. PART V- CHAPTER IV OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION DEALS WITH IT.
3. ARTICLE 124-147
4. THE BUILDING OF SC IS MADE IN INDO-BRITISH STYLE.
5. EITHER A JUDGE OF HIGH COURT FOR NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS OR AN ADVOCATE IN AT LEAST THREE HIGH COURT FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS OR A DISTINGUISHED JURIST IN THE EYES OF PRESIDENT CAN BECOME JUDGE IN SUPREME COURT.
6. THERE CAN'T BE MORE THAN ONE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THIRTY JUDGES IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.
7. FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE- FATIMA BIVI-1987
8. FIRST DALIT JUSTICE-K G BALAKRISHNAN-2000
9. FIRST DALIT CJI-K G BALAKRISHNAN-2007
10. PRESENTLY HON'BLE SAROSH HOMI KAPADIA IS THE 38TH CJI OF INDIA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECALL THAT SIR H J KANIA WAS THE VERY FIRST CJI OF PRESENT SUPREME COURT.