List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India

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The Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi

This is a list of female judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is ordered according to chronology.

The first female justice in the court was Fathima Beevi appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 7 more female justices in the court since then. Presently there are 3 sitting female judges out of the total 25 judges (including Chief Justice) in the court namely R. Banumathi, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.[1][2]

List of Judges in chronology

S. No. Name Date of appointment Date of retirement Position before being appointed
as Judge of Supreme Court		 Notes
1Fathima Beevi6 October 198929 April 1992judge of Kerala High Courtfirst female judge of Supreme Court
2Sujata V. Manohar8 November 199427 August 1999Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
3Ruma Pal28 January 20002 June 2006judge of Calcutta High Courtlongest-serving female judge of Supreme Court
4Gyan Sudha Misra30 April 201027 April 2014Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
5Ranjana Prakash Desai13 September 201129 October 2014judge of Bombay High Court
6R. Banumathi13 August 201419 July 2020Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Courtincumbent
7Indu Malhotra27 April 201813 March 2021Member of the High Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Law and Justice[3]incumbent
8Indira Banerjee7 August 201823 September 2022Chief Justice of the Madras High Courtincumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ "In A First, Supreme Court Has Three Sitting Woman Judges Today | Live Law". Live Law. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Indu Malhotra: India's supreme court is getting its seventh female judge in nearly 70 years — Quartz India". qz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. ↑ "In 70th Year of Independence, India's Supreme Court to Get Seventh Woman Judge". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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