Aparna Chandra Puts the Supreme Court on Trial

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Aparna Chandra is a constitutional scholar and associate professor of law at the National Law school in Bangalore. She is the coauthor, along with Sital Kalantry and William Hubbard of the recent book Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India. We spoke about the problem of pendency across all courts in the Indian judiciary, whether the Supreme Court is truly a people’s court, the problem of special leave petitions, potential ways to reform the judiciary, and much more.

Recorded February 16th, 2024.

Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links.

Timestamps

(00:01:12) - Function of the Supreme Court

(00:07:05) - Special Leave Petition (SLP)

(00:13:57) - A People’s Court?

(00:35:56) - Fast tracks and VIP Culture

(00:48:25) - Malice, Incompetence or Compassion?

(00:52:03) - People Like Us

(01:04:41) - Ending SLPs

(01:23:15) - Too Cool for Rules

(01:29:51) - Chief Justice as First Among Equals

(01:33:50) - Outro

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