In the 71 years since the formation of the Supreme Court, only 11 women judges have been appointed so far. Of these, only 3 women judges were appointed last month ..!
The Supreme Court currently has 11 female judges, three of whom took office last month. This is the first time that 3 female judges have been appointed at the same time as never before.
One of the three is Karnataka Chief Justice Nagaratna. She will be in charge of the Supreme Court till 2027. Perhaps if she becomes the Chief Justice, Nagaratna will be the first woman Chief Justice in the history of India.
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However, the representation of women in the Supreme Court and the High Courts has been low. However, the representation of women in the lower courts is slightly better and higher here.
Appointment
The Supreme Court has been in existence for 71 years. It was formed in 1950. However, the contribution of women has not been so great. For a long time, 30 years after the inception of the Supreme Court, no female judges were appointed. It was only 39 years later that the first female judge was appointed.
Fathima Beevi
She is Fatima Beavis, who has been a judge since 1989. He was also our Governor at the time. After this Sujatha V. Manohar was appointed as a judge from 1989 to 1994 … then Judge Ruma Paul was appointed … Sujatha served as a judge for 5 years and Rupa Paul for 6 years.
Sudha Misra
Besides, no female judge has been appointed to the Supreme Court for 10 years … Only Kian Sudha Misra was appointed in 2010 and Ranjana Prakash Desai in 2011. Then in 2014 R. Panumathi was appointed .. He belongs to our Tamil Nadu .. In 2018 he became a judge of Hindu Malhotra .. He has a special ..
Representation
That is, a senior from the Bar Council, he became a direct Supreme Court judge. He is the second person to become such a judge. Of the 256 judges appointed to the Supreme Court in the last 71 years, only 11 are female judges. That means only 4.2 percent of women are represented.
Supremecourt
There are now 33 judges in the Supreme Court, four of whom are women. The representation of women has increased from 4.2 per cent to 12 per cent. There is less representation of women in the High Courts than this. Only 11 per cent of the judges in the High Courts in the country are women.
Statistics
Of these, 5 High Courts, namely Manipur, Meghalaya, Patna, Tripura and Uttarakhand, have no female judges. Thus, in 6 High Courts, the share of female judges is said to be less than 10 per cent. Statistics say that there is.
Female judges
The good news is that women’s participation and representation is higher in the lower courts. According to figures obtained in 2017, 28 per cent of the judges serving in the lower courts are women, of which less than 20 per cent are in Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat.
