Published on : 06 Oct 2025, 1:16 pm 4 min read

The Indian judiciary today is facing a moment of reckoning. Pendency is at an all-time high. In August 2025, approximately 88,000 cases were pending before the Supreme Court alone and 4.6 crore cases were pending before all district courts.

Challenges to the judiciary’s legitimacy through corruption charges levelled at sitting High Court judges , public dissent among the Supreme Court Collegium , tribunal members making claims of interference and political mudslinging, are rampant.

In this regard, Justice Surya Kant’s observation last week on the need for a specific “performance evaluation” mechanism for judges is crucial. District judges are already evaluated on the basis of Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs); however, ther

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