Chief Justice Vineet Saran administered the oath of office to the three new judges. With this, the strength of permanent judges in the High Court goes up to 18.
The three newly appointed permanent judges are Justice Durga Prasanna Choudhury, Justice Jatindra Prasad Das and Justice Krushnaram Mohapatra.
On April 17, 2015, Choudhury, Das and Mohapatra were sworn in as additional judges of the High Court.