India, Sept. 21 -- Seven judicial officers on Monday, took oath as judges of the Delhi high court (HC) taking its strength to 50, against the sanctioned of 60.

The oath to the judicial officers, Nivedita Anil Sharma, Nisha Sahay Saxena, Sanjay Sharma-I, Bharat Parashar, Dr Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt, Arun Bhardwaj was administered by chief justice DK Upadhyaya.

While Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena have been appointed as permanent judges, Sanjay Sharma-I, Bharat Parashar, Dr Aditi Choudhary, Dinesh Bhatt, Arun Bhardwaj have been appointed as additional judges.

The judges took oath, after the central government on Saturday notified the appointment of seven judicial officers as judges of the Delhi HC, despite the Supreme C...