<span style="color: #222222;">Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and K M Joseph were sworn in as judges of Supreme Court today in the order of seniority notified by the Centre.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chief Justice of India Justice Deepak Misra administered the oath of office to Justices Banerjee, Saran and Joseph. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As per convention, the seniority of Supreme Court judges is determined on the basis of their swearing-in as judges of High Courts. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Justice Indira Banerjee became Madras High Court judge on 5 February 2002 and Justice Vineet Saran was appointed to the Orissa High Court on 14 February 2002. Justice KM Joseph was appointed Uttarakhand High Court judge on 14 October 2004.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">With today's swearing-in, the total number of judges in the apex court has gone up to 25.</span>