Court Data
K Joseph Authored More Judgments than Any Sitting Justice
Upon his retirement, data indicates that Justice Kurian has authored more judgments than any currently sitting Supreme Court Judge.
Kurian Joseph J retired on November 29th 2018. Notably, he has authored more judgments than any currently sitting Supreme Court Justice.
He has authored 1120 judgments. By comparison, AK Sikri J has only authored 398 judgments and Sikri J has authored the second highest number of judgments relative to all sitting Justices. Incredibly, Kurian Joseph J has authored roughly the same number of judgments as the subsequent four (in terms of number of judgments authored) sitting Justices.
| Justice | No. Authored | |
| 1 | Kurian Joseph | 1120 |
| 2 | Arjan Kumar Sikri | 398 |
| 3 | Abhay Manoha Sapre | 323 |
| 4 | R. Banumathi | 250 |
| 5 | Ranjan Gogoi | 205 |
| 6 | R.F. Nariman | 174 |
| 7 | Madan Bhimarao Lokur | 159 |
| 8 | Uday Umesh Lalit | 136 |
| 9 | AM Khanwilkar | 134 |
| 10 | D.Y. Chandrachud | 116 |
Data sourced from Manupatrafast.