Court Data

Data reveales that High Court judges who were advocates hold more Supreme Court positions than those from the subordinate judiciary.

43.6% of HC judges have been appointed from the subordinate judiciary and the remaining 56.4% were appointed directly from the Bar.

The Supreme Court has translated only 31 judgments since March 1st 2020 and is translating them into fewer languages.

While the number of woman judges at the SC has increased, the time they will spend on the bench is low.

With no fixed rules about it, and the recent appointment of nine new judges, regional representation in the Supreme Court has changed.

Besides these informal conventions, religious diversity has not been a major criteria for appointments to the Supreme Court.

After the appointment of the first Dalit judge in 1980, this is the first time that two Dalit judges are serving simultaneously.

Seniority is an important consideration for recommendations to the Supreme Court, and there is now an all-India list indicating the same.