ACT NO. 55 OF 1956 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF JUDGES
OF THE SUPREME COU
[ 16th September, 1956.]
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventh Year of the Republic
of India as follows:-
1. Short title. This act may be called the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 .
2. Maximum number of Supreme Court Judges other than Chief Justice. The maximum number of Judges of the Supreme Court, excluding the Chief Justice of India, shall be 1[ twenty five]