Does CJI DY Chandrachud leave the Supreme Court, as an institution, in a better place than where he found it?
Two years is a short term in most positions, but for the office of the Chief Justice of India, it is practically an eternity. It allows CJIs to plan and undertake long–term reform of the court and get the buy-in of their colleagues to see it through. The term also allows the CJI to exercise greater control over the SC registry and ensure that it works smoothly.
This is not what has happened in the SC during DY Chandrachud’s term. Over the course of the two years, the growing pendency of cases and the arbitrary and haphazard manner in which the cases are listed continued to pose problems, undermining the credibility and efficiency of the institution.
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Listing mess
As the Master of the Roster, the CJI continues to decide, unilaterally, what kinds of cases go to which benches. Whether it is allocating subject matters to…
