Court Data

A Judge elevated from the Bar serves longer than the expected average tenure of a Supreme Court Judge.

Only 2 out of the upcoming 8 Chief Justices will serve a tenure of more than 1 year.

Nearly half the sitting Judges of the SC will serve less than the average tenure.

Justice Rastogi authored judgements in 31.5% of the benches that he was a part of.

Justice Ajay Rastogi was the fourth highest judgement contributor at the SC.

Justice K.M Joseph was the fifth highest judgement contributor at the SC at the time of his retirement.

Justice K.M. Joseph has authored judgements in 33% of the Benches he was part of.

The decline in half-year pendency numbers is a hopeful sign that pendency may drop further in 2023.