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The Centre has today notified the appointment of two judges to the Supreme Court of India.

They are Justice N Kotiswar Singh, who is Chief Justice of the High Court for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and Justice R Mahadevan, who is presently the Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

President of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, has issued two notifications to this effect.

Justice Singh originally hails from Manipur. He was appointed as a Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 17 October 2011. On the formation of the High Court of Manipur, he was transferred as a Judge of that High Court from the Gauhati High Court.

As per the collegium resolution making his recommendation, "His appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court will provide representation to the North-East, and in particular he will be the first Judge from the State of Manipur to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court".

On Justice Mahadevan's appointment, the Collegium recommendation said that as he belongs to a backward community from the State of Tamil Nadu, his appointment will bring diversity to the Bench.

"The Collegium has taken due note of the fact that Mr Justice R Mahadevan ranks third in the order of presently serving judges of the Madras High Court including the Judges who have been posted as Chief Justices outside the Madras High Court. At this stage, the Collegium has given precedence to the candidature of Mr Justice R Mahadevan in order to give representation to the backward community", the resolution added.