When it comes to practicing at the Supreme Court of India as an Advocate on Record (AoR), the general perception of elitism and nepotism is hard to ignore, whatever the reality.
In a report made public as part of a petition in a case dating back to 2015, controversial Mumbai-based advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara submitted that 33 percent of Supreme Court judges and 50 percent of High Court judges were from families whose members were already among the “higher echelons” of the judiciary.
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