Ex Supreme Court Judge Underlines Gender Imbalance In Higher Judiciary
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During her address, she said this situation existed despite women in several states faring better than men in the judiciary's competitive exams.
Former Supreme Court judge Indira Banerjee on Tuesday underlined the "gender imbalance in the higher judiciary" and said her appointment to the top court in 2018 made her only the eighth woman there in 68 years after the Constitution coming into force.
She, however, expressed hope that in future the representation of women in the higher judiciary would improve.
"I was the eighth woman to be appointed judge of the Supreme Court in 68 years after the Constitution came into force.... Why do you have this gender imbalance in the higher judiciary?" she asked in her address at an event organised by the Adhivakta Parishad here to celebrate International Woman's Day.
