India, June 1 -- The Supreme Court of India is set to operate at near-full strength after the Centre approved the appointment of five new judges, increasing the court's working strength to 37 against a sanctioned strength of 38.

The newly appointed judges are Venkita Subramani Mohana, Sheel Nagu, Shree Chandrashekhar, Sanjeev Sachdeva and Arun Palli.

The appointments were approved by the President under Article 124(2) of the Constitution and formally announced by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. The five names had been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium on May 27, and the appointments were cleared within four days.

The Collegium, headed by Surya Kant, made the recommendations as part of the first major round of judicial appointm...