Musical Chairs: The Causes and Effects of Frequent Judge Transfers in India

• In Event: Law and Society in Asia

Brief Overview

We study the causes and effects of judge transfers in India using micro-level data on over 3,000 judges and 10 million court cases. We find that transfers are frequent, influenced by politics, and worsen court productivity.

Authors

• Rikhil Ranjit Bhavnani, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Saloni Bhogale, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Amit Suresh Jadhav, University of Wisconsin–Madison