nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230130-202432-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230127s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230130-202432-0 doi eng 342 23 M, Jannani Author aut The Indian Supreme Court Collegium Picking its Battle - How the Supreme Court of India Stood up Against Discrimination and an Attack on Free Speech to Uphold the Independence of the Judiciary M, Jannani Verfassungsblog 2023-01-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In an unprecedented move, the collegium of the Supreme Court of India on the 17th and 18th of January, 2023, passed resolutions calling out the executive’s delay in the judicial appointments of five advocates by publicly countering the government’s objections against their appointment. In this piece, I discuss how the Supreme Court collegium has confronted the discriminatory treatment of persons who openly identify as a part of the LGBTQIA+ community in the process of judicial appointments by standing up to the executive’s bullying. The piece also looks into how the collegium has confronted the union government’s attempt to suppress dissent among advocates and why these resolutions are highly consequential. CC BY-SA 4.0 India Indian Supreme Court Judicial appointment judicial independence Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-indian-supreme-court-collegium-picking-its-battle/ raw object