In January, the Supreme Court had a Constitution Bench hearing, delivered a judgement in the Bilkis Bano remission case, & appointed a judge

Justice S.R. Bhat’s four year tenure falls short of the average tenure of a Supreme Court judge.

We look at institution, disposal, pendency, strength of the Bench, and other factors that affected the Court in the last 10 years.

The increase in the number of SC judges has not had an impact on the efficiency of the court.