Judge-Wise Statistics Of Reportable Judgments Of Supreme Court In April 2022
In April 2022, the Supreme Court delivered 88 Reportable Judgements. This month brought various concurring decisions rendered by Judges on different issues, for instance, on the issue of availability of the benefit of reservation after re-organization of States, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit authored the majority view (for himself and for Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha),...
In April 2022, the Supreme Court delivered 88 Reportable Judgements. This month brought various concurring decisions rendered by Judges on different issues, for instance, on the issue of availability of the benefit of reservation after re-organization of States, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit authored the majority view (for himself and for Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha), whereas Justice S.Ravindra Bhat authored a separate concurring judgment. On the issue of the entitlement of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers to gratuity, Justice Abhay S. Oka authored the judgment, with Justice Ajay Rastogi penning his views in a separate concurring opinion. Similarly, on the issue of tax exemption in respect of works contracts granted in the process of revival of an industry under the Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985, Justice Hrishikesh Roy authored the main judgment, and Justice K.M. Joseph authored a concurring view. Further, Justice Bela M. Trivedi authored a judgment commuting death penalty awarded to a convict, to life imprisonment for a period of 20 years.
Overall in April 2022, the Supreme Court authored 106 Judgments, of which 88 were categorized as "Reportable". Further, over the course of the month, the Supreme Court passed total 9,180 orders, an average of 483 orders per working day.
All the Supreme Court Reportable Judgments of April 2022 have been summarized in a searchable PDF available with this article. The searchable PDF is a detailed Table covering all Reportable Judgments, arranged Judge-wise, including the ratio, Bench strength, Judgment date and name, with all Judgments hyperlinked for easy access to the reader. It is also clarified that the statistical study and searchable PDF are restricted only to "Reportable Judgments", excluding Daily Orders, Non-Reportable Judgments / Orders, and Review Orders.
Out of the 88 Reportable Judgments, the Appeals / Petitions were allowed in 56.8% cases (i.e. 50 appeals / petitions); 25% Appeals / Petitions were dismissed; 11.4% were partly allowed; and 6.8% were disposed of with directions. The pie chart of outcome of Appeals / Petitions recorded in Reportable Judgments for April 2022 is as under :
The distribution of subject-wise Reportable Judgments for April 2022 is as under :
| Area / Subject of Law | Number of Judgments |
| Service Law | 22 |
| Criminal Law | 21 |
| Civil Law | 17 |
| Land Acquisition | 6 |
| Tax Law | 4 |
| Consumer Law | 4 |
| Arbitration Law | 3 |
| Educational Institutions | 3 |
| Insolvency & Bankruptcy | 2 |
| Constitutional Law | 2 |
| Labour Law | 1 |
| Securities Law | 1 |
| Inter State Water Disputes | 1 |
| Religious and Charitable Endowments | 1 |
| Total | 88 |
The searchable PDF for April 2022 can be accessed with this article.
Authored & Compiled by
Ms. Vidhi Thaker and Mr. Prastut Dalvi
(Advocates, Supreme Court of India)