Only 9 Percent Women in the Indian Judiciary System!

Guwahati: At a time when Indian women are taking charge of almost all fields of occupation right from flying in the sky as a pilot to successful completion of critical surgeries, it seems that the Indian judiciary system is the only field that has so few women domination in it. As per a recent report, barely 9% of the current working strength in High Courts of the country are woman.

In a historic moment that happens once in a blue moon, four women judges were appointed in four most important high courts of Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras. But whether such a historic moment would be repeated again or not that is under doubt.

The first woman in the history of Indian judiciary was Anna Chandy (Kerala) who joined on February 9, 1959, but lasted for less than two weeks only. Immediately after her, four other female judges, namely, Justices Manjula Chellur, G Rohini, Nishita Nirmala Mhatre and Indira Banerjee were appointed as the heads of the Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras high courts, respectively.

But later, the female justices broke their team of magical four as they had to take their retirement calls as per the norms. Justice G Rohini took retirement on April 13, 2017, Justice Nishita Nirmala Mhatre on September 19 and Justice Manjula Chellur on December 4. However, Justice Indira Banerjee had continued as Madras HC chief justice and has recently been appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court.

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