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Author Chandrachud, Abhinav, author.

Title The informal constitution : unwritten criteria in selecting judges for the Supreme Court of India / Abhinav Chandrachud
Edition First edition
Published New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Historical background -- The judges cases -- Age of appointment -- Seniority -- Diversity -- Appendix : Judges of the Supreme Court of India (1950-2011)
Summary An empirical study of judicial appointments made to the Supreme Court of India since Independence. The historical debates surrounding the establishment of the Federal Court during the British Raj, debates in the Constituent Assembly of India and its sub-committees specific to the establishment of the Supreme Court, the three 'Judges Cases' and the political developments which led to the present 'collegium system' of appointing judges to the Supreme Court of India have all been discussed and analysed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 22, 2014)
Subject India. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees
SUBJECT India. Supreme Court fast
Subject Judges -- Selection and appointment -- India -- History -- 20th century
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- India -- History -- 21st century
Employees
Judges -- Selection and appointment
India
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online). MaRLi UPSO 2014
ISBN 9780199082971
0199082979