How did the collegium system change Supreme Court appointments? | Number Theory

Posted On: 2025-05-16 Posted By: Nishant Ranjan

National Politics Cities Hindustan Times

India, May 16 -- The second part of HT's three-part series on Supreme Court judges discussed inequality, by social group and high courts of origin,. The concluding part of this series will look at the... Read More

The skewed social and legal pool of Supreme Court judges | Number Theory

Posted On: 2025-05-15 Posted By: Nishant Ranjan

National Politics Hindustan Times

India, May 15 -- The first part of this series described the importance of family connections among India's Supreme Court judges and showed that they are far from insignificant. Intra-family judges ar... Read More

Only 1/3rd of India's Supreme Court judges have been first-generation lawyers

Posted On: 2025-05-14 Posted By: Nishant Ranjan

Health & Lifestyle National Education Politics Cities Hindustan Times

India, May 14 -- Outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna could have been a part of a small club among the 51 CJIs India has had so far but for a landmark case in the history of Indian juri... Read More

Behind the composition of collegium picks

Posted On: 2025-05-07 Posted By: Nishant Ranjan

National Politics HT Lucknow

New Delhi, May 7 -- On May 5, the Supreme Court of India published details of all 221 persons recommended for appointment as high court judges by the Supreme Court Collegium (SCC) between November 202... Read More