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Ramana’s collegium didn’t diversify judiciary. Data shows most judges are upper-caste Hindus

+TFP Dilip Mandal - October 14, 2022

Former CJI Ramana recently spoke about the absence of mechanism to ensure diversity in appointment of judges. He didn’t fix it in his tenure either.

1 mn backlog, 37% vacancies, but Allahabad HC lawyers don’t want ‘outsiders’ to fill judges’ ranks

+TFP Apoorva Mandhani - September 19, 2022

What started as pushback against elevation of former SC judge's son, has extended to UP lawyers practicing in SC, with bar associations demanding judges to be from within Allahabad HC lawyers.

Why is Justice Akil Kureshi not in Supreme Court? A little bit more transparency, my lord

D.K. Singh - September 6, 2021

People have a right to know if government’s objections to appointments were driven by larger cause of justice or political considerations.

SC Collegium approves 6 names of Karnataka HC, one of Calcutta HC as permanent judges

PTI - August 19, 2021

Names of Justices Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda, Jyoti Mulimani, Nataraj Rangaswamy, Hemant Chandangoudar, Pradeep Singh Yerur & Maheshan Nagaprasanna have been approved.

India’s higher judiciary lacks professional diversity. It’s now a monopoly of lawyer-judges

Rangin Pallav Tripathy - June 11, 2021

Of the first 25 Supreme Court judges, only three had any experience in subordinate judiciary. The collegium system has only deepened this professional homogeneity further.

120 judge proposals are stuck as SC collegium hasn’t met for over 2 months due to lockdown

Bhadra Sinha - July 1, 2020

The collegium had last met on 20 April. An SC judge says meetings of collegium require a lot of deliberations, which are not possible on video calls.

Collegium system needs reconsideration, says former Supreme Court judge AK Sikri

Apoorva Mandhani - February 1, 2020

Former SC Justice A.K. Sikri was speaking at launch of Chintan Chandrachud's new book 'The cases that India forgot'. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was also present.

As Chief Justice, SA Bobde must make sure no government can bend Indian judiciary’s spine

Maneesh Chhibber - November 20, 2019

As Chief Justice, Ranjan Gogoi did everything he had accused Dipak Misra of. Justice Bobde must not go down the same road.

Collegium deliberations on judges should stay confidential, says CJI-designate Bobde

PTI - October 31, 2019

Justice S.A. Bobde said sharing deliberations on the Collegium's rejection of candidates for higher judiciary was a matter of privacy rather than secrecy since people's reputations were at stake.

Supreme Court collegium’s 2 recent decisions have left the door wide open for tough questions

Maneesh Chhibber - September 25, 2019

One would not be off the mark in saying that under the last few CJIs, Supreme Court collegium has ceded ground and authority to government.

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