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List of contents
Acknowledgements; Table of abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of statutes; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Indian Experience: 2. Pre-tenure questions: appointments to the higher judiciary; 3. In-tenure questions: mechanisms for judicial discipline; 4. Post-tenure questions: post-retirement appointments of judges by government; Part II. A Conceptual Analysis: 5. Judicial accountability; 6. Judicial independence; 7. In search of an effective judiciary: a doctrinal reconciliation of judicial independence and accountability; Part III. Typing the Strands: 8. Harmonising judicial independence and judicial accountability in India; 9. Conclusion: a reform proposal for the Indian higher judiciary; Epilogue: the moment the judiciary came out; Appendix: post-retirement employment of judges in government appointed positions; Bibliography; Index.
About the author
Arghya Sengupta is Research Director at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He is an alumnus of the National Law School of India University and the University of Oxford, and is a Rhodes Scholar.
Summary
Provides an account of appointments, transfers, impeachment, and post-retirement employment of Supreme Court judges in India. Each of these facets leads to the critical questioning of judicial independence and accountability, and the book argues that they are not in conflict with each other and are crucial for an effective judiciary.
