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Emergency judicial appointments

Analysis

How the Emergency birthed the Collegium system

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

V. Venkatesan

29th Jun 2025

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Tenure

Court Data

Sitting judges of the Supreme Court will serve an average tenure of 5.1 years

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

R. Sai Spandana

19th Jun 2025

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judges

Channel

Three new judges of the Supreme Court

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

R. Sai Spandana

2nd Jun 2025

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Court Data

Six out of 25 High Courts are not represented at the Supreme Court | May 2025

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

Advay Vora

30th May 2025

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Analysis

Union appoints three new judges to Supreme Court: May 2025

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

R. Sai Spandana

29th May 2025

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Court Data

24 percent of names proposed by Khanna Collegium for HC elevation not cleared by Union

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

Advay Vora

23rd May 2025

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Supreme Court Collegium

Analysis

Members of the Supreme Court Collegium as of May 2025

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

Gauri Kashyap

19th May 2025

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in-house

Analysis

Judge inquiry: The opacity of the in-house process

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

V. Venkatesan

8th Apr 2025

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Analysis

Cheques and balances

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

R. Sai Spandana

6th Apr 2025

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NJAC

Analysis

NJAC or JSAB?

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

V. Venkatesan

31st Mar 2025

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in-house

Analysis

Can the CJI direct withholding of work before completion of an in-house inquiry?

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

V. Venkatesan

27th Mar 2025

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Analysis

Chief-in-waiting: New door opened by Collegium in its Justice Bagchi recommendation

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

V. Venkatesan

18th Mar 2025

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