- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- India’s Judicial Elite
- I The Kania Court (1950–1)
- II The Sastri Court (1951–4)
- III The Mahajan Court (1954)
- IV The Mukherjea Court (1954–6)
- V The Das Court (1956–9)
- VI The Sinha Court (1959–64)
- VII The Gajendragadkar Court (1964–6)
- VIII The Sarkar Court (1966)
- IX The Subba Rao Court (1966–7)
- X The Wanchoo Court (1967–8)
- XI The Hidayatullah Court (1968–70)
- XII The Shah Court (1970–1)
- XIII The Sikri Court (1971–3)
- XIV The Ray Court (1973–7)
- XV The Beg Court (1977–8)
- XVI The Chandrachud Court (1978–85)
- XVII The Bhagwati Court (1985–6)
- XVIII The Pathak Court (1986–9)
- I Father’s Occupation
- II Caste
- III Economic Status
- IV Religion
- V States of Birth
- VI Region
- VII Education
- VIII Indian Civil Service Officers
- IX Professional Careers
- X Participation in Politics
- XI Arrival on the High Court
- XII High Court Seniority
- XIII Age and Tenure
- XIV After Retirement
- The Archetypal Judge
- Appendices
- Appendix I Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950–89
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Economic Status
Economic Status
- Chapter:
- (p.348) III Economic Status
- Source:
- Judges of the Supreme Court of India
- Author(s):
George H. Gadbois, Jr
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter examines the economic status of judges, while noting that the determinations were made from discussions with the judges about their family backgrounds and from unobtrusive indicators. They were grouped into wealthy, upper middle, and lower middle classes. The difference in relative wealth between the first and second generation judges was not significant, but the sources of that wealth was, with the fathers of the first generation judges more likely to be from the more modern professional classes. None of those from the OBCs and Scheduled Castes rose from family backgrounds which could be considered economically underprivileged. About half a dozen judges were described by the CJI who recommended them as men of ‘impeccable breeding’, as the offspring of ‘prominent’ and usually wealthy families.
Keywords: economic status, relative wealth, Scheduled Castes, wealthy families
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- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- India’s Judicial Elite
- I The Kania Court (1950–1)
- II The Sastri Court (1951–4)
- III The Mahajan Court (1954)
- IV The Mukherjea Court (1954–6)
- V The Das Court (1956–9)
- VI The Sinha Court (1959–64)
- VII The Gajendragadkar Court (1964–6)
- VIII The Sarkar Court (1966)
- IX The Subba Rao Court (1966–7)
- X The Wanchoo Court (1967–8)
- XI The Hidayatullah Court (1968–70)
- XII The Shah Court (1970–1)
- XIII The Sikri Court (1971–3)
- XIV The Ray Court (1973–7)
- XV The Beg Court (1977–8)
- XVI The Chandrachud Court (1978–85)
- XVII The Bhagwati Court (1985–6)
- XVIII The Pathak Court (1986–9)
- I Father’s Occupation
- II Caste
- III Economic Status
- IV Religion
- V States of Birth
- VI Region
- VII Education
- VIII Indian Civil Service Officers
- IX Professional Careers
- X Participation in Politics
- XI Arrival on the High Court
- XII High Court Seniority
- XIII Age and Tenure
- XIV After Retirement
- The Archetypal Judge
- Appendices
- Appendix I Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950–89
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
