Consider Women For Upcoming Rounds Of Judicial Appointments In Supreme Court & High Courts: SCBA

Through a resolution dated August 30, 2025 of its Executive Committee, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) raised concern over the low representation of women Judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts across the country.

The resolution highlighted that in High Courts such as Uttarakhand, Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur presently have no women Judges, and that across the country there are about 1100 sanctioned posts of High Court Judges, out of which nearly 670 are occupied by men and only 103 by women.

Furthermore, the SCBA expressed its disappointment as in the recent appointments to the Supreme Court, no women Judge from the Bar or the Bench was elevated, despite the fact that since 2021, no woman Judge has been appointed to the Supreme Court. At present, there is only a one-woman Judge serving on the Bench of the Supreme Court.

“That our President, Mr. Vikas Singh, in his letters dated 24.05.2025 and 18.07.2025 addressed to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India, had urged that at least proportional representation to the posts in the higher judiciary, including the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the High Courts, be filled by women”, the resolution stated.

Accordingly, the SCBA requested the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and the Collegium to give urgent and due consideration to the judicial appointments and elevation of more women Judges in the forthcoming rounds of judicial appointments, both to the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

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