From Executive Appointment to the Collegium System: The Impact on Diversity in the Indian Supreme Court

Aparna Chandra; William Hubbard; Sital Kalantry

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-2018-3-273

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- 269–270 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 269–270
- 271–272 EDITORIAL: SPECIAL ISSUE „THE INDIAN SUPREME COURT IN CRISIS?” 271–272
- 273–366 Abhandlungen / Articles 273–366
  - 273–289 From Executive Appointment to the Collegium System: The Impact on Diversity in the Indian Supreme Court Aparna Chandra, William Hubbard, Sital Kalantry Aparna Chandra, William Hubbard, Sital Kalantry 273–289
  - 290–331 Institution Matters: A Critical Analysis of the Role of the Supreme Court of India and the Responsibilities of the Chief Justice Jahnavi Sindhu, Vikram Aditya Narayan Jahnavi Sindhu, Vikram Aditya Narayan 290–331
  - 332–351 Parochialism in Indian constitutional reasoning: The case of religious freedom Mathew John Mathew John 332–351
  - 352–366 Pathways of Political Narratives: Populist Rhetoric, the Supreme Court and the (Im)balance of Power Mouli Banerjee Mouli Banerjee 352–366
- 367–395 Berichte / Reports 367–395
  - 367–380 Transformative Constitutionalism, Constitutional Morality and Equality: The Indian Supreme Court on Section 377 Kanad Bagchi Kanad Bagchi 367–380
  - 381–391 Debate, Discourse and Dilemma: Putting Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan vs State of Maharashtra in Context Ayan Guha, Neha Chauhan Ayan Guha, Neha Chauhan 381–391
  - 392–395 Workshop Report: Shaping Law. Shaping Gender – Experiences from India, 11th till 13th October 2018, Berlin Tanja Herklotz, Siddharth Peter de Souza Tanja Herklotz, Siddharth Peter de Souza 392–395
- 396–403 Buchbesprechungen / Book Reviews 396–403
  - 396–400 George H. Gadbois, Jr.: Supreme Court of India, The Beginnings Medha Srivastava Medha Srivastava 396–400
  - 401–403 Anna Krueger, Die Bindung der Dritten Welt an das Postkoloniale Völkerrecht. Die Völkerrechtskommission, das Recht der Verträge und das Recht der Staatennachfolge in der Dekolonialisierung Felix Lange Felix Lange 401–403
- 404–412 Bibliographie / Bibliography 404–412
  - 404–404 RECHT UND ENTWICKLUNG ALLGEMEIN / LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL 404–404
  - 404–406 AFRIKA /AFRICA 404–406
  - 406–408 ASIEN /ASIA 406–408
  - 408–409 LATEINAMERIKA / LATIN AMERICA 408–409
  - 410–412 NAHER UND MITTLERER OSTEN / NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 410–412
- 413–413 Call for Papers 413–413
- 414–414 Impressum 414–414
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From Executive Appointment to the Collegium System: The Impact on Diversity in the Indian Supreme Court

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Aparna Chandra William Hubbard Sital Kalantry

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2018-3-273
- ISSN: 0506-7286
- ISSN online: 2941-9603
Abstract

There has been a national debate raging in India about the system of appointments for Supreme Court and High Court judges. At the founding of the Indian Supreme Court, the executive had primary authority over judicial appointments. In 1993, the Supreme Court created a new system of appointments known as the collegium system, whereby the Chief Justice of India and senior judges of the Supreme Court make new appointments to the Supreme Court as well as the High Courts. In 2014, Parliament amended the Constitution and passed a bill to create a commission to appoint judges, but the Indian Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional.
In this article, we ascertain whether the nature of the appointments procedure impacts the biographical and other characteristics of the judges that are eventually selected. We do this by comparing the biographical characteristics of judges appointed by the executive-appointments system (prior to 1993), on the one hand, and the judges appointed by the collegium (on or after 1993) to the Supreme Court of India.
We find that both the pre-collegium and the collegium system maintain the geographical and religious diversity of India in the candidates that are appointed. However, both have failed to account for gender diversity. In addition, the path to the Supreme Court appears to have narrowed - typically those who are appointed as judges by the collegium spend longer periods in private practice and on the bench than pre-collegium judges.
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