Women In Judiciary

Making a series of important observations on the role of women in society, a judge who is projected to become the first woman Chief Justice of India, has said "a son is a son till he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for life".

More women are coming forward to take up roles in the country's judiciary, once a male-dominated space, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.

Former SCBA president and senior lawyer Vikas Singh has written a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud underscoring the need for allocating one-third of judgeship to women in higher judiciary.

The representation of backward communities, women and minorities in higher judiciary is below the desired level and does not reflect the country's social diversity, a Parliamentary panel has said in its report.

Outgoing Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer Wednesday underscored the lack of adequate representation of women in the judiciary and said calling the Indian judiciary immune from gender inequalities was far from the reality.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Tuesday rued the "quite low" representation of women at all levels in the legal field and promised that he would take up the demand for their higher representation.

Chief Justice NV Ramana on Sunday called for 50 per cent representation for women in the judiciary and supported the demand for similar measures in law colleges in India.

Even after 75 years of Independence, the judiciary in India has achieved a mere 11% representation of women on the bench of the Supreme Court, said Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday.

The three lawyers who resolved India's largest bankruptcy case last year are using their elevated professional standing to address a different problem: not enough women in the bar.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday praised the efforts of the Indian judiciary in pursuing the "cherished goal of gender justice" and said that the Supreme Court has always been "pro-active and progressive".

After a Delhi court on Tuesday ordered hanging of four Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts on January 22, the BJP said justice has been delivered to the victim and that the verdict will empower women and strengthen people's faith in the judiciary.

Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the ISIS group, the judiciary said on Monday.

Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Hengameh Shahidi has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on unspecified charges, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

A Bombay High Court Judge has come out in support of the ongoing #MeToo movement, saying patriarchal world does not allow women to speak freely.

Expressing concern over rise in crime against women in the national capital, a Delhi court has said the judiciary should sternly deal with issue of stalking as the perpetrator, "if not treated", becomes dangerous over time and poses threat to the lives of women.

Making a series of important observations on the role of women in society, a judge who is projected to become the first woman Chief Justice of India, has said "a son is a son till he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter for life".

More women are coming forward to take up roles in the country's judiciary, once a male-dominated space, Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna told NDTV in an exclusive interview today.

Former SCBA president and senior lawyer Vikas Singh has written a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud underscoring the need for allocating one-third of judgeship to women in higher judiciary.

The representation of backward communities, women and minorities in higher judiciary is below the desired level and does not reflect the country's social diversity, a Parliamentary panel has said in its report.

Outgoing Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer Wednesday underscored the lack of adequate representation of women in the judiciary and said calling the Indian judiciary immune from gender inequalities was far from the reality.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Tuesday rued the "quite low" representation of women at all levels in the legal field and promised that he would take up the demand for their higher representation.

Chief Justice NV Ramana on Sunday called for 50 per cent representation for women in the judiciary and supported the demand for similar measures in law colleges in India.

Even after 75 years of Independence, the judiciary in India has achieved a mere 11% representation of women on the bench of the Supreme Court, said Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday.

The three lawyers who resolved India's largest bankruptcy case last year are using their elevated professional standing to address a different problem: not enough women in the bar.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday praised the efforts of the Indian judiciary in pursuing the "cherished goal of gender justice" and said that the Supreme Court has always been "pro-active and progressive".

After a Delhi court on Tuesday ordered hanging of four Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder convicts on January 22, the BJP said justice has been delivered to the victim and that the verdict will empower women and strengthen people's faith in the judiciary.

Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the ISIS group, the judiciary said on Monday.

Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Hengameh Shahidi has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison on unspecified charges, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

A Bombay High Court Judge has come out in support of the ongoing #MeToo movement, saying patriarchal world does not allow women to speak freely.

Expressing concern over rise in crime against women in the national capital, a Delhi court has said the judiciary should sternly deal with issue of stalking as the perpetrator, "if not treated", becomes dangerous over time and poses threat to the lives of women.