DY Chandrachud stated the goal is to put down goal parameters for the number of judges.

New Delhi:

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has responded to the criticism over the appointment of judges to Supreme Court and High Court, sharing how the method is being made clear.

The Collegium, which is tasked which the appointments, has ready a broad platform the place it has assessed 50 judges for consideration for elevation to the Supreme Court, he stated whereas delivering the Ram Jethmalani Memorial Lecture.

He turned down claims that the Collegium has no factual knowledge to judge the candidates and stated there is a “Centre for Research and Planning”, headed by an officer from the Haryana judicial companies.

“We have prepared a broad platform where we have assessed the top 50 judges of the country who would be considered for appointment to the Supreme Court of India. We have data on judgements and the quality of judgements. The idea is to make the process of appointment in the Supreme Court more transparent,” Chief Justice Chandrachud stated.

He stated the goal is to put down goal parameters for the number of judges.

The Supreme Court has additionally tied up with the National Judicial Data Grid for serving to it with real-time monitoring of case disposal and pendency, he stated.

“This information will help the Court identify the areas of concern to decrease pendency. Institutionalisation requires policy solutions. Due to the lack of data, it has been painfully difficult to devise methods to reduce pendency.

“Now as per NJDG knowledge, there are 62946 pending civil instances and 17555 pending felony instances. We have had a disposal fee of 95.34 per cent this 12 months. This knowledge will assist me prioritise sure classes of issues (such because the oldest pending instances) for his or her in a position disposal and would enable us to introspect our efficiency by way of disposal all year long,” he stated.