Court Data
Number of opinions authored in the first quarter of 2018
Number of opinions authored in the first quarter of 2018.
The first quarter of 2018 witnessed 342 opinions authored by 25 Judges. Kurian Joseph J authored the maximum number of opinions (55). He was a part of 61 benches. Amitava Roy J, who retired in March 2018, was a part of 18 benches but did not author a single opinion.
| Judge | Number of Benches the judge has been a part of | Number of Opinions authored | Percentage of Authored Opinions (as of the total number of benches) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Jasti Chelameswar | 10 | 2* | 20% |
| Justice Dipak Misra | 70 | 11 | 16% |
| Justice Ranjan Gogoi | 23 | 5 | 22% |
| Justice Madan B. Lokur | 27 | 11 | 41% |
| Justice Kurian Joseph | 61 | 55 | 90% |
| Justice A. K. Sikri | 53 | 26 | 49% |
| Justice Sharad Bobde | 10 | 2+ | 20% |
| Justice N. V. Ramana | 31 | 23 | 74% |
| Justice R. K. Agrawal | 57 | 13 | 23% |
| Justice Rohinton Nariman | 25 | 12 | 48% |
| Justice A. K. Goel | 21 | 7 | 33% |
| Justice Arun Mishra | 13 | 3^ | 23% |
| Justice U. U. Lalit | 22 | 6 | 27% |
| Justice R. Banumathi | 27 | 9 | 33% |
| Justice Abhay Sapre | 45 | 40 | 89% |
| Justice Amitava Roy | 36 | 8 | 22% |
| Justice D. Y. Chandrachud | 60 | 26 | 43% |
| Justice L. Nageswara Rao | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| Justice A. M. Khanwilkar | 66 | 21 | 32% |
| Justice Ashok Bhushan | 52 | 21 | 40.38% |
| Justice Abdul Nazeer | 36 | 7 | 19.44% |
| Justice Mohan Shantagoudar | 59 | 10 | 17% |
| Justice Navin Sinha | 33 | 6 | 18.18% |
| Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul | 10 | 7 | 70% |
| Justice Deepak Gupta | 25 | 12 | 48% |
| Justice Amitava Roy (retired in March 2018) | 18 | 0 | 0% |