# President assents to law raising Supreme Court strength to 38 2026-08-10T19:55:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The President has given assent to a law increasing the strength of the Supreme Court from 34 judges to 38, LiveLaw reports on August 12. The expansion comes as the court deals with a heavy backlog. In other developments, the Supreme Court on August 10 upheld the acquittal of 20 persons in a murder case, ruling that identical eyewitness accounts bore an 'imprint of tutoring'. The court also said a sale deed is not invalid merely because consideration was not paid. ## Coverage - livelaw.in - livelaw.in Tags: acquittal, eyewitness testimony, murder case, Supreme Court, tutored witnesses Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-upholds-acquittal-of-20-cites-tutored-eyewitnesses/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-upholds-acquittal-of-20-cites-tutored-eyewitnesses/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.