Court Data

The Supreme Court of India has often taken up cases ‘suo moto’ without any petition being filed, or interest being brought before them.

As an offshoot of its unique PIL petitions, the SC has also taken up cases by their own notice, without any petition being filed.

We examine the average High Court tenure of the current sitting judges.

We examine the tenures of the 47 CJIs since 1950 and compare it with other common law jurisdictions.

We examine the tenure of the 47 Chief Justices of India, and compare it with other common law jurisdictions.

The average age of appointment for Supreme Court judges in the past twenty years is a little under 60 years old.

The average pendency at the Supreme Court increased in 2020.

Institution refers to the total cases filed in the Court in a given period.