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Judicial Appointments in Limbo: Supreme Court Expresses Concerns Over Delayed Collegium Recommendations

Prolonged appointments pending since July 2023 breached the timeline set by the Supreme Court for appointing judges

20th Nov 2023

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Analysis

Can there be real representation without reservation?

Why aren’t we talking about reservations in the higher judiciary for women and members of marginalised communities?

15th Nov 2023

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Supreme Court pulls up Union Government for no response on collegium recommendations

A Division Bench directed the Attorney General to engage in a “fruitful discussion” with the Union Government over pending recommendations

7th Nov 2023

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Court Data

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat served a tenure of four years at the Supreme Court

Justice S.R. Bhat’s four year tenure falls short of the average tenure of a Supreme Court judge.

23rd Oct 2023

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Court Data

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat authored an average of 35.5 judgements a year

Justice S. Ravindra Bhat wrote a little more judgements than his peers who served for four years at the Supreme Court

23rd Oct 2023

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Aparna Chandra Book Talk on Court on Trial

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Book talk on “Court on Trial” with co-author Dr Aparna Chandra

Watch SCO's book talk with Dr. Aparna Chandra, co-author of "Court on Trial", with SCO's Editor-in-Chief Leena Gita Reghunath

Analysis

Is the Supreme Court really a “people’s Court”?

DESK BRIEF: A conversation with Dr. Aparna Chandra on "Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India"

14th Oct 2023

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Supreme Court Monsoon Session

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Supreme Court Upholds Union Power to Control CBI, ED Directors’ Tenure

DESK BRIEF: Two weeks into the monsoon session of the Supreme Court, we saw active Constitution Benches, and few critical judgements.

15th Jul 2023

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diversity collegium inclusion

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Has the Supreme Court Collegium’s Focus Shifted to Diversity and Inclusion?

DESK BRIEF: Recent Collegium recommendations show a renewed attention towards ensuring regional and gender diversity in Indian courts.

8th Jul 2023

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women judges

Court Data

Only 107 of 788 Sitting High Court Judges are Women

With hardly any senior women judges in India's High Courts, gender diversity at the Supreme Court will take a hit.

30th Jun 2023

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Supreme Court Monthly Review: May 2023

SCO recaps the Supreme Court's activity in May.

14th Jun 2023

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Analysis

Amidst Cabinet Reshuffle, India Gets New Law Minister

Mr. Kiren Rijiju replaced as Law Minister after a tenure of nearly two years, with Mr. Arjun Ram Meghwal.

18th May 2023

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