Constitution Bench cases on affirmative action, mining taxes, arbitration and driving licences dominated the Court’s docket in August

While the P&H High Court tops the list in absolute numbers, data indicates that improvement in gender representation is largely inadequate

Seven out of 25 High Courts lack representation in the top court. This includes four north-eastern states, J&K, Orissa and Jharkhand

The top court encouraged the standardisation of virtual hearing procedures across the country’s High Courts

Senior Advocate C.S. Vaidyanthan spoke about access to justice, accountability of government officials, SLPs at the Supreme Court and more.

A year ago, there were more than 5000 criminal cases pending across the country against current or former legislators

DESK BRIEF: Recent Collegium recommendations show a renewed attention towards ensuring regional and gender diversity in Indian courts.

With hardly any senior women judges in India's High Courts, gender diversity at the Supreme Court will take a hit.

With no fixed rules about it, and the recent appointment of nine new judges, regional representation in the Supreme Court has changed.

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

Courts often exercise their suo moto jurisdiction by taking up matters based on media reports or act on letters written to them.

The Delhi and Bombay High Courts has sent the most number of judges to the Supreme Court. Some High Courts in the North East have sent none.