The Emergency left deep scars on the judiciary—it took until the 1990s for the Supreme Court to acknowledge and respond to those compromises

The highest tenure spans 8.2 years, while the lowest tenure is as short as 3 years

The three judges increase representation from the Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bombay HCs. But does this solve the representation crisis?

The Collegium has made no recommendations from these High Courts since January 2018

The elevations of Justices Anjaria, Bishnoi and Chandurkar will bring representation from the Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bombay High Courts

Only six out of 51 recommendations for High Court elevation were women; no woman was proposed for Supreme Court elevation

The Supreme Court collegium is now headed by CJI B.R. Gavai and will soon include a fourth woman member

The CJI’s power to recommend removal of a judge on the basis of an in-house committee’s report may be diluting the separation of powers

SC judges have resolved to publicly declare their assets in a step to improve transparency. But even this simple move has a loaded history

The conversation after the cash discovery at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence seems focussed on appointment, not accountability

The answer lies in a 2014 Supreme Court case where the complainant challenged a two-judge probe committee set up by the CJ of the MP HC

If ‘in-line-to-be-CJI’ is now a relevant consideration for SC elevation, we examine how the Collegium might have picked Justice Bagchi