SC publishes data on collegium recommendation; provides caste, gender break-up https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-publishes-data-on-collegium-recommendation-provides-caste-gender-breakup-101746520810073.html
Disproportionate representation at the Supreme Court: A perspective based on Caste and Religion of judges https://www.barandbench.com/columns/disproportionate-representation-supreme-court-caste-and-religion-of-judges
'Only 3% of HC judges are from SC/STs': India Justice Report 2025 highlights widening gap in representation https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2025/04/21/only-3-of-hc-judges-are-from-scsts-india-justice-report-2025-highlights-widening-gap-in-representation.html April 21, 2025 out of 698 high court judges appointed since 2018, 22 are from SCs, 15 belong to STs, 87 come from OBCs, and 37 were from other minority communities. Apart from Karnataka, with Tamil Nadu being the second, no state or Union territory fulfills its SC, ST, and OBC quota, and only 10 States and UTs meet the reservation up to 50%.
https://www.forwardpress.in/2025/05/news-recruitment-of-judges-in-high-courts/ The collegium approved the appointment of a total of 221 judges during the tenure of former Chief Justice Chandrachud and former Chief Justice Khanna. About 167 judges were selected from general category. While only 54 judges were selected from disadvantaged groups.
in the Madras High Court. In these 17 cases, 88.2 percent were appointed from the backward class (including the women of the backward class and the same class), scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Telangana. Here also 85.7 percent of backward, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe were appointed. The third place behind Telangana is Karnataka, where 66.7 percent of judges are appointed from Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Surprisingly, the state of Kerala, which is said to be progressive, is in stark contrast to other southern states in this regard. Here only less than 20 percent of judges from backward class, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are appointed.
there are High Courts of at least 9 states, where all the judges appointed during this period are of general category. Such as 9 appointments in the Patna High Court of Bihar, 19 appointments in the Madhya Pradesh High Court (all dual-caste), 6 appointments in the Calcutta High Court of West Bengal (including one Muslim), 11 appointments in the Delhi High Court (one Jain and one Sikh), 2 appointments in the Orissa High Court, 2 appointments in the Tripura High Court, one appointment in the Jharkhand High Court, 7 appointments in the Punjab and Haryana High Court (including 3 minorities). Sikhs are) and there was an appointment in Meghalaya.- "J:\fortransfer\66-Judges-caste-north-south.html"