Court Data

Comparing the pendency of cases during former Chief Justice Sharad Bobde’s tenure with incumbent Chief Justice N.V. Ramana.

We look at gender representation in the judiciary—High Courts, Supreme Court and the Collegium— in numbers.

A majority of the SC’s time in 2021 was spent disposing of cases that did not involve a substantial question of law.

Does the Supreme Court’s real pendency challenge arise from cases at admission stage?

Limited functioning of the Court during the pandemic has affected the number of cases instituted before the SC in 2020 and 2021

Only 11% of cases filed before the Supreme Court proceed past the admissions stage to the regular stage of hearings.

In 2021, the average SC judge delivered 23 judgments.

This post discusses the yearly rate at which each of the 33 sitting judges of the Supreme Court author judgments.