This is yet another supersession of judges, not in the technical sense but in all other respects. Justice A.P. Shah, who retired from the office of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court a week ago, was one of the finest judges in the country.

The study was conducted through secondary data collection, by a core group at the Campaign for Judicial Accountability & Reform. It was conducted over 3-4 months in the last quarter of 2009.

Justice AP Shah, responsible for such landmark judgments as the one on consensual gay sex, retired as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court after being overlooked for promotion to the Supreme Court.

A Supreme Court of India, and a Supreme Court for all Indians: these two versions can be radically different in terms of principle and content.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan completed three years in office on January 13 and will retire on May 11.