Six new judges of the Delhi High Court were sworn in on Monday, taking the working strength of the court to 40 judges against the sanctioned strength of 60.

The judges — Justices V. Kameswar Rao, Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Vivek Chaudhary, Anil Kshetrapal, Arun Monga and Om Prakash Shukla — were administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya at the High Court premises.

Justice Sambre earlier served in the Bombay High Court, while Justices Chaudhary and Shukla were in the Allahabad High Court.

Justice Kshetarpal was in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Justice Monga was in the Rajasthan High Court. Justice Rao has been repatriated to Delhi from the Karnataka High Court.

The Delhi High Court’s senior-most judge Justice Vibhu Bakhru was bid farewell on July 16 after he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.

The reshuffling has also resulted in the reconstitution of the High Court’s three-member collegium.

Till now the collegium comprised Chief Justice Upadhyaya, Justice Bakhru and Justice Prathiba. M. Singh. However, after the swearing-in ceremony, the collegium will now consist of Chief Justice Upadhyaya and Justices Rao and Sambre as they are senior to Justice Singh.