Four new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, taking its strength to 34, the highest-ever.Justices Krishna Murari, SR Bhat, V Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy were appointed as judges of the top court.

The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their names to the government last month.With a huge backlog of cases in the top court, the government had recently increased the strength of its judges from 31 to 34, including the Chief Justice of India.