The present number of women judges in the Supreme Court is 4 among 33, and the women representing as High Court Judges is a bare 11.5 % Taking the above into notice, The Chief Justice of India on Tuesday submitted that the collegium system would contain 50 % of women in constitutional courts.
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana told women lawyers that he would take up with his colleagues in the present judge-selecting-judge Collegium system for 50 per cent representation of women in the constitutional courts. This speech was given by him in the felicitation ceremony of Justice Hima Kohli.
The felicitation was organized by 'Women in Law & Litigation' a lawyer institution. The Chief Justice of India took note and promised that he would take up the demand of representing at least 50% of women as judges in constitutional courts with his brothers in the collegium. He further added that being a CJI is unavoidably stressful but he has to deal with it. In his speech, he said, that more girls should take up the field of law.
He recommended a form of uniform policy of reservation for girls for entry into law colleges across the country. He said women constitute on average only around 30% of the judges in the lower judiciary. In the high courts, the percentage of women is 11.5 per cent and in the supreme court, there are four sitting judges out of 33 in office.
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