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Behind the composition of collegium picks

Supreme Court of India reveals details of 221 high court judge recommendations, including caste, religion, and family ties, for the first time.

Published on: May 7, 2025, 05:36:09 IST
By Nishant Ranjan
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New Delhi 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 2022 and April 2025, of which 29 are pending approval from the government. For the first time, the Court officially disclosed the caste and religion of each person recommended, along with their relation to sitting or retired high court/Supreme Court judges. The data covers recommendations made under the tenure

PREMIUMA view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI)
A view of the Supreme Court building, the apex judicial body of India, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nishant Ranjan

Nishant Ranjan has been working as a data journalist with Hindustan Times since 2023. In this short period, he has established a niche for creating original datasets and utilising them to produce journalistic work that pushes the boundaries of journalism. The list of datasets and stories done by him include the following: a dataset of all 717 chief ministers India has had since 1952, a dataset of all 3,350 members of India’s council of ministers, a dataset of all 190 deputy chief ministers in India and a dataset of all 279 Supreme Court judges in India (1950-2025). He has also profiled each elected Muslim MLA/MP since 1952. He is a mining engineer by training who decided to pursue a Master's in Development Studies from TISS after working in a coal mine for 10 months. He also worked as a research associate at the Centre for Policy Research, researching local governance in India. He also has a keen interest in analyzing electoral politics and political executives in India.

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