A total of 33 judges in the Supreme Court, but not a single judge from a dozen states
At present, even though the graph of the shortage of judges in the High Courts across the country is much less than the sanctioned strength, but there is a shortage of only one judge in the Supreme Court. That is, 33 judges are presently presenting the Supreme Court as against the sanctioned strength of 34. But apart from the numbers, there is another aspect that comes to the attention of the collegium while recommending the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court. That is the representation of all the regions of the country.
Sunil Shukla 
At present, even though the graph of the shortage of judges in the High Courts across the country is much less than the sanctioned strength, but there is a shortage of only one judge in the Supreme Court. That is, 33 judges are presently present in the Supreme Court as against the sanctioned strength of 34. But apart from the numbers, there is another aspect that comes to the attention of the collegium while recommending the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court. That is the representation of all the regions of the country.
Not a single judge from a dozen states in SC
At present, there is not a single judge from a dozen states in the total number of judges in the Supreme Court. In these states, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Telangana, Bihar, Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Jammu, and Kashmir, apart from Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya of Northeast India, there are no judges in the Supreme Court.
Many aspects required for the appointment of a judge in SC
Traditionally, while recommending the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court, the collegium territorial balance, as well as the aspect of representation to minorities, tribals, and women, is also taken into account. According to the valid memorandum for the appointment of judges, the selection of judges should be in such a way that most of the states or all the regions are represented in the Supreme Court. The voice-over regional imbalances were raised even as the collegium accelerated the pace of direct appointment of senior advocates practicing in the Delhi-based Supreme Court and High Court as Supreme Court judges. In the last six years, four lawyers were directly made my lord in the Supreme Court. In such a situation, these judges are not considered from any state.
Majority of judges from Bombay High Court in SC
If you look in history, there is always a majority of judges from the Bombay High Court among the judges of the Supreme Court. Still, five judges are from there. Then there are four judges from Delhi. After this, there are three judges from Allahabad i.e. UP and the number of judges coming from Madras High Court is also two. That is, the number of judges from these big and old high courts is
also good.
There are two judges from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana High Court, Calcutta ie West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu High Court. Of the seven northeastern states, there is one judge from Assam and only one judge from Madhya Pradesh. The same is the case with women judges i.e. My Ladyship. Of the total 34 judges, four are women judges. There are 66 women judges in the High Courts and now in 2027 i.e. in the sixth year from now, the country will get the first woman Chief Justice in the form of Justice BV Nagarathna.
