With Justice Indira Banerjee set to take charge as Supreme Court judge, the Supreme Court will have three woman judges on the Bench simultaneously for the first time in its sixty-eight years of existence. The three woman judges are Justice R Banumathi, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Indira Banerjee. In the history of the Supreme Court, there have been a mere seven woman judges. Justice Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge who was elevated to the Supreme Court. That was in the year 1989. Taking Justice Beevi’s lead was Justice Sujatha Manohar, followed by Justices Ruma Pal, and more recently […]
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