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Sexism in the Indian Judiciary
Dear Milord
Where are the real women in the judiciary?

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1. Totaly misplaced priorities of the Supreme Court of India
One week ago Supreme Court of India announced that it will create 9 gender-neutral restrooms in its main building and additional buildings of the court.
I have a question here:
Do we have sufficient infrastructure for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2. How many Women Judges do we have in Indian Judiciary?
The Supreme Court has constituted an all-women bench to hear petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters. This is only the third occasion in the history of the Supreme Court that an all-women bench has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

3. The Supreme Court hasn’t had a Woman Chief Justice since its inception. Justice B V Nagarathna is expected to become the first Women Chief Justice in 2027. At present, of the 27 Judges (against sanctioned 34) of the Supreme Court, only 3 are women. This indicates the skewed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

4. What is the Status of Representation of Women in the Judiciary?
Supreme Court: There are 3 Women Judges out of 27 Judges (including the CJI) at present. The proportion is 11%. There have been only 11 women Judges in the history of the Supreme Court so far. Of them, 6 have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

5. High Courts: Collectively for all High Courts, Women Judges constitute only 13.2% of the Judges. However, there are considerable variations among High Courts (HCs). 5 HCs have not a single women Judge. Another 7 HCs have < 10% Women Judges. Sikkim and Telangana HCs have the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

6. Lower Judiciary: Women Judges constitute ~35% of the Judges in the lower courts. Here the proportion varies from 19.5% in Gujarat to 70% in Goa. 17 of the 36 States and UTs had a smaller proportion of women in the lower judiciary than the national average.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

7. In absolute numbers, the number of women judges has gone up from 29 in 2021 to 45 in 2023. However, in the Supreme Court and four high courts, the number of women judges as a percentage of the total number of judges is 18. However, there are huge variations between courts.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

8. The lowest number of REAL WOMEN is 9 percent for the Supreme Court and the highest is 24 percent for Madras High Court. It is the Delhi and Madras high courts that improve the average number.

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9. Punjab and Haryana High Court has 22 percent of THE REAL WOMEN judges. The high percentage in Madras High Court is not reflected in the Bangalore High Court. There is something right being done by the Collegium of the Madras High Court because even in June 2021 it had the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

10. Status of the court Infrastructure Pan India:
Across India, courts are short by the availability of the court halls for daily sessions of judicial proceedings by a margin of 15%.
Source - Indian Justice Report 2022, TATA Trust

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11. Cases pending in subordinates courts Pan India:
Nearly 6.72 lakh cases are pending in various district and subordinate courts for more than 20 years, the government told Lok Sabha on Friday.
In the case of High Courts, there are 2,94,547 such cases. The number of cases… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

12. Cases pending in High Courts Pan India:
Duration: 10+ Years
Source - Indian Justice Report 2022, TATA Trust
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13. Over case pendency of the Indian Judiciary:

Source: National Judicial Data Grid

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