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Legal Profession Still Male-Dominated: CJI Ramana On International Day of Women Judges
Marking the International Day of Women Judges in the Supreme Court, CJI Ramana felicitated the four history-making female judges.
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Former HC Judge CS Karnan Arrested For Offensive Remarks On Women Judges
Reports suggest that in the video, Karnan had insulted several women judges and threatened them, and wives of other sitting judges, with sexual violence.
80 Judges Out Of 1113 Across High Courts And Supreme Court In India Are Women
High Courts of Patna, Manipur, Meghalaya, Telangana, Tripura and Uttarakhand have no women judges at all.
Justice R Banumathi Retires, Only Two Women Judges Now In The Supreme Court
Justice R Banumathi was appointed as the sitting woman judge of the Supreme Court in August 2014
Only 27% Of Lower Courts Judges Are Women: Study
Of the total 16,600 judges in district and subordinate courts across the country, less than 4,500 are women, as per reports. Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, a legal think-tank, released data which showed that out of 16,660 judges in lower courts, only 4,487 were women, or 27%. The figure was 11% in high courts and 9% […]
Madras HC Only One In India With 12 Women Judges
The recent swearing-in of seven lawyers to the Madras High Court as judges has shot the number of women judges to a dozen. Thus, making the Madras HC with most number of women judges in the country. With the increase in the number of judges, the tally of total working strength in the High Court […]
