First Woman Supreme Court Judge

Yesteryear actor Vyjayanthimala Bali, Telugu star Konidela Chiranjeevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi and "Bombay Samachar" owner Hormusji N Cama were among the eminent persons conferred Padma awards.

First woman Supreme Court judge and former Tamil Nadu Governor M Fathima Beevi was laid to rest at the qabristan of the town Juma Masjid in Kerala's Pathanamthitta on Friday with full state honours.

The first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Justice Fathima Beevi, died at a private hospital here on Thursday, official sources said.

Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai on Friday became the first women chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI) with the government formally announcing her appointment.

The United States made history on Thursday as the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.

The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden picked Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday to be the first Black woman in US history to serve on the nation's highest court.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday he will nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court for the first time in history, filling the vacancy left by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.

As nine new judges took the oath as Supreme Court judges today, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana posed for pictures with his colleagues. In one of the pictures, he is seen with the four sitting women judges of the Supreme Court.

Nine new Supreme Court judges, including three women (one of whom is Justice BV Nagarathna, in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India, were administered their oaths of office by Chief Justice NV Ramana on Tuesday morning.

The President today approved all nine names, including three women, recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium and accepted by the government for appointment as judges of the top court.

Barbara Lagoa, the Cuban-American federal appellate judge under consideration by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court, is a conservative jurist whose resume includes a role in a heated international custody battle and the distinction of being the first Hispanic woman to serve on Florida's top court.

With the swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court will for the first time in its history have three sitting women judges.

The Supreme Court is going to get its third woman judge. The law ministry on Friday cleared the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee, 60, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court as a Supreme Court judge.

Yesteryear actor Vyjayanthimala Bali, Telugu star Konidela Chiranjeevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi and "Bombay Samachar" owner Hormusji N Cama were among the eminent persons conferred Padma awards.

First woman Supreme Court judge and former Tamil Nadu Governor M Fathima Beevi was laid to rest at the qabristan of the town Juma Masjid in Kerala's Pathanamthitta on Friday with full state honours.

The first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Justice Fathima Beevi, died at a private hospital here on Thursday, official sources said.

Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai on Friday became the first women chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI) with the government formally announcing her appointment.

The United States made history on Thursday as the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.

The US Senate takes up the historic nomination on Monday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.

President Joe Biden picked Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday to be the first Black woman in US history to serve on the nation's highest court.

US President Joe Biden said Thursday he will nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court for the first time in history, filling the vacancy left by retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.

As nine new judges took the oath as Supreme Court judges today, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana posed for pictures with his colleagues. In one of the pictures, he is seen with the four sitting women judges of the Supreme Court.

Nine new Supreme Court judges, including three women (one of whom is Justice BV Nagarathna, in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India, were administered their oaths of office by Chief Justice NV Ramana on Tuesday morning.

The President today approved all nine names, including three women, recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium and accepted by the government for appointment as judges of the top court.

Barbara Lagoa, the Cuban-American federal appellate judge under consideration by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court, is a conservative jurist whose resume includes a role in a heated international custody battle and the distinction of being the first Hispanic woman to serve on Florida's top court.

With the swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court will for the first time in its history have three sitting women judges.

The Supreme Court is going to get its third woman judge. The law ministry on Friday cleared the appointment of Justice Indira Banerjee, 60, the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court as a Supreme Court judge.