Court Data

After the appointment of the first Dalit judge in 1980, this is the first time that two Dalit judges are serving simultaneously.

Seniority is an important consideration for recommendations to the Supreme Court, and there is now an all-India list indicating the same.

Integrity appears the second highest number of times as a criterion mentioned in collegium resolutions, but only twice for specific judges.

What are the criteria for appointing SC judges? Recent collegium resolutions have been taking a need for 'due representation' into account.

There is no legally mandated or publicly declared merit criterion for the appointment of judges.

Collegium has released thirteen resolutions regarding Supreme Court judges' appointments since October 2017.

The second wave of the pandemic has had a significant effect on the number of reported judgments delivered.

Over the first half of the year, pendency at the admission stage increased and reduced at the regular stage.