"Enjoyed watching the film. It can inspire the youth with Swami Vivekananda’s message: Narendra Modi"

On the evening of Tuesday 6th August 2013, Shri Narendra Modi attended a special screening of the film ‘The Light- Swami Vivekananda’ at City Pulse theatre in Gandhinagar. Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, MLAs and other dignitaries joined the Chief Minister at the screening.

Speaking after the film, Shri Modi said that he thoroughly enjoyed watching the film and complimented the cast and crew for their efforts. He stated that through this film the youth can get inspired a lot and urged youngsters to go and enjoy the film.

2013 marks 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda and on this occasion, to pay tribute to him, ‘The Light: Swami Vivekananda’ is a film that captures his life and times and his rise to spiritual enlightenment. The movie covers different phases of his life encompassing his transition from the young Narendra Nath Datta to the world renownedSwami Vivekananda who was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies to the Western world. The first trailer of the film was launched on Wednesday, 31st July on various internet sites and television channels and has already started receiving appreciation from audience across the country.

 

Shri Narendra Modi takes on UPA over the killing of India soldiers in Poonch

Speaking to the media after the screening of the movie, Shri Narendra Modi strongly criticized the UPA for its policies that have made India look extremely weak. He was talking in the context of the killing of Indian soldiers by Pakistan on Tuesday 6th August 2013.

Shri Modi affirmed, “A nation of 1.25 billion people is worried. Sometimes we hear reports that China is being aggressive while sometimes we hear that Pakistan is beheading our Jawans. Every person of this country wants to know what is happening.”

He went on to add, “Our soldiers are getting killed but we bow our heads to them. I have never seen this.” Shri Modi pointed that we need to stand firm wand not let the sacrifices of our soldiers go in vain. He blamed the Centre and its policies for the sad state of affairs and stated that the nation will never forgive the Centre for the same.

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Cabinet approves increase in the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India by Four to 37 from 33
May 05, 2026

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today has approved the proposal for introducing The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament to amend The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of India by 4 from the present 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).

Point-wise details:

Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 provides for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court by 04 i.e. from 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).

Major Impact:

The increase in the number of Judges will allow Supreme Court to function more efficiently and effectively ensuring speedy justice.

Expenditure:

The expenditure on salary of Judges and supporting staff and other facilities will be met from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Background:

Article 124 (1) in Constitution of India inter-alia provided “There shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and, until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number, of not more than seven other Judges…”.

An act to increase the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was enacted in 1956 vide The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956. Section 2 of the Act provided for the maximum number of Judges (excluding the Chief Justice of India) to be 10.

The Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was increased to 13 by The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1960, and to 17 by The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1977. The working strength of the Supreme Court of India was, however, restricted to 15 Judges by the Cabinet, excluding the Chief Justice of India, till the end of 1979, when the restriction was withdrawn at the request of the Chief Justice of India.

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 1986 further augmented the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India, excluding the Chief Justice of India, from 17 to 25. Subsequently, The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008 further augmented the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India from 25 to 30.

The Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India was last increased from 30 to 33 (excluding the Chief Justice of India) by further amending the original act vide The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2019.