1 | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
2 | Data Producer | E-courts Services India |
3 | Reference URL | https://districts.ecourts.gov.in/ |
4 | Type | Online case management portal |
5 | Abstract | Details of 98,478 judges presiding over more than 7000 district courts and subordinate courts of India. |
6 | Kind of Data | Administrative data |
7 | Unit of analysis | Judge-level observations |
8 | Time Period(s) | 2010-2018 |
9 | Weighting | Not applicable |
10 | Data Files | judges_clean.dta |
11 | Build Files | b/create_judges_clean.do |
1 | # | File | Variable name | Label | Type | Format | Group | Definition | Encoding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | judges_clean.dta | ddl_judge_id | Unique judge id - created by DDL | float | %9.0g | Judge identifier | Identifier created by DDL. Merge with case dataset using this id, and the judge_cases_merge_key.dta to merge judge-case data. | |
3 | 2 | judges_clean.dta | state_code | State code - name in state key | str | %9s | Geographic identifier | E-courts identifier | |
4 | 3 | judges_clean.dta | dist_code | District code - name in district key | str | %9s | Geographic identifier | E-courts identifier | |
5 | 4 | judges_clean.dta | court_no | Court number - name in court key | str | %9s | Geographic identifier | E-courts identifier | |
6 | 5 | judges_clean.dta | judge_position | Formatted judge designation | str | %111s | Judge characteristic | Cleaned judge designation (e.g. "Chief Judicial Magistrate") | |
7 | 6 | judges_clean.dta | female_judge | Judge gender classification | int | %18.0g | Judge characteristic | 1 if judge is female, 0 otherwise, -9998 = unclear | |
8 | 7 | judges_clean.dta | start_date | Tenure start date | int | %td | Judge characteristic | Judge tenure start date in court-position | |
9 | 8 | judges_clean.dta | end_date | Formatted tenure end date | int | %td | Judge characteristic | Judge tenure end date in court-position |