In their recently released study of the inner workings of the Supreme Court, oft touted as the ‘most powerful court in the world’, Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry and William Hubbard have attempted a data-driven deep dive into the functioning of the Court that sits at the pinnacle of the vast and labyrinthine third pillar of the largest democracy in the world.
The Bombay High Court judge asked whether society expected judges to merely give a judgment, or give directions and ask for its compliance from the executive.