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Indira Banerjee was recently sworn-in as a Supreme Court judge. It is a historical moment as the Indian apex court for the first time has three sitting women judges at a time.
It is a fact that the presence of women in the Indian judiciary has not been substantial, with only a very few women making it to the top echelons. In all the decades post independence only 8 women have made it to the Supreme Court. Here is a brief look at all the eight women Supreme Court judges since the time of Indian independence.
Born at Travancore in Kerala, she got her law degree from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. She started her career at Kerala’s lower judiciary and became the first woman judge of the supreme court, also first muslim woman judge who was appointed in the year 1989.
Sujata V Manohar hailed from a legal family and began her career at the Bombay High Court. She handled commercial as well as family law cases. Eventually she became the first woman judge of the Bombay High Court, later transferred to Kerala High Court and finally was appointed as the Judge of Supreme Court in 1994.
Ruma Pal is the longest serving women judge at the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2006. She began her career at Calcutta High Court and became the judge there in 1990. She has written and edited articles and textbooks for the students of law. She later became the chancellor of Sikkim University.
Gyan Sudha Mishra became the Supreme Court judge in 2010. She has dealt with many cases and passed important judgements during her tenure. Some of them being former president Srinivasan and BCCI case, Aruna Shaunbaug case, Delhi uphaar tragedy case and the like.
Ranjana Prakash Desai is the daughter of a well known criminal lawyer S.G Samant. She has served at the Bombay High Court and was promoted to Supreme Court in 2014. Her notable judgements include ending Haj subsidy by 2022 and inclusion of ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA).
Hailing from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, R.Banumathi is the sixth women judge appointed to the Supreme Court in 2014. She has served at Tamil Nadu Higher Judicial Service, special task force at Chinnampathy, Madras High Court and Jharkhand High Court.
Born in Bangalore, Indu Malhotra completed her Bachelor of Law from faculty of law, Delhi University. She has served as senior council at the Supreme Court for 30 years. Later she was elevated and appointed as the judge on 26th April 2018. She has published articles in various journals and has authored a commentary on the Law and Practice of Arbitration in India.
Indira Banerjee began her career as an advocate at Calcutta High Court and was later transferred to Delhi High Court in 2016. She was the second woman chief justice at the Madras High Court before becoming the eighth women supreme court judge.
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Women today don’t want to be in a partnership that complicates their lives further. They need an equal partner with whom they can figure out life as a team, playing by each other’s strengths.
We all are familiar with that one annoying aunty who is more interested in our marital status than in the dessert counter at a wedding. But these aunties have somehow become obsolete now. Now they are replaced by men we have in our lives. Friends, family, and even work colleagues. It’s the men who are worried about why we are not saying yes to one among their clans. What is wrong with us? Aren’t we scared of dying alone? Like them?
A recent interaction with a guy friend of mine turned sour when he lectured me about how I would regret not getting married at the right time. He lectured that every event in our lives needs to be completed within a certain timeframe set by society else we are doomed. I wasn’t angry. I was just disappointed to realize that annoying aunties are rapidly doubling in our society. And they don’t just appear at weddings or family functions anymore. They are everywhere. They are the real pandemic.
Let’s examine this a little closer.
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