KHOJ - Dataset about the Indian High Court judges

The KHOJ (Know Your High Court Judges) dataset includes data on more than 1700 judges appointed between 1993 (after the creation of the collegium) and 2021. The dataset captures information across 43 variables including the personal, educational and professional backgrounds of India’s High Court judges. It opens pathways for researchers who are looking to probe deeper or wider into the composition of the High Courts and those who want to undertake jurimetrics studies which explore the linkage between judicial behaviour and the background of judges. The core philosophy behind building such a dataset is the realization that people of the country should have more information about judges whose decisions have a real impact on such people's lives. This dataset is the result of a joint effort over 15 months involving more than 30 students and 10 professionals who volunteered their time and efforts in preparing this dataset. This was a collaboration between NLUO’s Centre for Public Policy, Law and Good Governance, Agami and CivicDataLab. It started with the Summer of Data 2021 programme where students from across the country became the original data creators using official and publicly accessible data sources.KHOJ（全称"认识你的高等法院法官"，Know Your High Court Judges）数据集收录了1993年（法官遴选委员会（collegium）设立后）至2021年间任命的1700余名印度高等法院法官的相关数据。该数据集涵盖43项变量维度的信息，包含印度高等法院法官的个人背景、教育经历与职业履历。它为两类研究者开辟了研究路径：一类希望对印度高等法院的人员构成开展更深入或更广泛的探究，另一类则希望开展法律计量学（jurimetrics）研究，探索司法行为与法官背景之间的关联。构建该数据集的核心宗旨在于，本国公民应当更多地了解那些其裁判会切实影响自身生活的法官。本数据集是历时15个月的联合协作成果，共有30余名学生与10余名专业人士志愿投入时间与精力参与编制。该项目由NLUO公共政策、法律与善治中心、Agami与CivicDataLab联合发起，其雏形始于2021年夏季数据计划（Summer of Data 2021），来自全国各高校的学生作为首批数据创作者，依托官方及公开可获取的数据源完成了基础数据的整理工作。