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Chief Justice Kant Forms Judicial Well-Being Committee

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Chief Justice Surya Kant constituted a standing committee on judicial well-being on World Mental Health Day.
Justice K. V. Viswanathan will chair the five-member committee.
Members include Dr. Savita Malhotra, psychologist Rajat Mitra, Advocate-on-Record Mrinal Kanwar and Registrar Aarti Singh.
The committee will identify interventions and coordinate welfare for judges.
Its work builds on a Supreme Court Centre for Research and Planning study of judges’ stress and workload gaps.

History

Historical Context

WHO’s 1998 World Mental Health survey and its 2004 prevention report warned that about 970 million people worldwide suffer mental disorders, prompting policy shifts. The World Bank’s income-group classifications later highlighted that low- and middle-income nations spend less than 1 % of health budgets on mental health, underscoring the need for the funding initiatives now seen in national programs.

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Story summary

Chief Justice Surya Kant constituted a standing committee on judicial well-being on World Mental Health Day.
Justice K. V. Viswanathan will chair the five-member committee.
Members include Dr. Savita Malhotra, psychologist Rajat Mitra, Advocate-on-Record Mrinal Kanwar and Registrar Aarti Singh.
The committee will identify interventions and coordinate welfare for judges.
Its work builds on a Supreme Court Centre for Research and Planning study of judges’ stress and workload gaps.

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