Court Data

Justice Ravikumar's three-year long tenure was shorter than the average tenure of the sitting judges in the top court

The Court, however, cleared more cases than it did in March 2024, when it also worked for only 15 days and with one judge more

Despite the Khanna Court only conducting miscellaneous hearings, pendency likely spiked due to Court closing for the winter vacation

83,000 pending cases is a large number but a high disposal rate points to a busy Court’s concerted efforts to tackle pendency

The last five years account for over half of the 66 cases the Court has taken up suo moto in the last 20 years

The new Chief Justice’s decision to halt regular hearings resulted in a 16 percent increase in disposal rate in November 2024

But confusion was caused by two webpages of the National Judicial Data Grid, which displayed conflicting figures for the same data points

The Collegium itself fared poorly on gender diversity, with no recommendations for women in the top court and only 27 out of 168 in HCs