Women’s under-representation, particularly in India’s higher judiciary , continues to be a sad reality. As highlighted by the India Justice Report 2025 , women constitute only 14% of judges in the High Courts and a mere 3.1% in the Supreme Court. Among the 34 judges of the Supreme Court, there is only one woman. The silver lining is her expected elevation as the first woman Chief Justice of India . If no woman is inducted before she completes her tenure, the highest court of the country may have the unenviable distinction of not having even a token representation of women. Out of 25 High Courts, only one is headed by a woman Chief Justice.

This stark deficiency has been flagged in the past, and several judges have also voiced their concern. However, no serious effort seems to have b

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