{"id":365748,"date":"2026-06-22T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365748"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:32:38","slug":"women-representation-in-judiciary-significance-challenges-explained-pointwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/women-representation-in-judiciary-significance-challenges-explained-pointwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Representation in Judiciary &#8211; Significance &#038; Challenges &#8211; Explained Pointwise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-365752\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-22-2026-02_48_21-PM.png?resize=750%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Women Representation in Judiciary\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-22-2026-02_48_21-PM.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-22-2026-02_48_21-PM.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-22-2026-02_48_21-PM.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-22-2026-02_48_21-PM.png?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent appointment of Justice V. Mohana as a Supreme Court judge has renewed attention on the issue of women&#8217;s representation in India&#8217;s higher judiciary. As only the 12th woman judge in the Supreme Court&#8217;s 76-year history, her elevation marks progress toward gender diversity, yet women remain significantly underrepresented in judicial leadership positions. The &#8220;glass ceiling&#8221; remains strong for women judges, especially in promotions to higher courts. Minority and marginalized women face even greater barriers to advancement.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Table of Content<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"#h1\">What is the Status of Representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#h2\">What are the reasons for Low Representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#h3\">What are the impacts of Low representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#h8\">How are different countries promoting greater representation of women in the judiciary?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#h4\">What should be the way forward?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"blue-h2-box\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><a id=\"h1\"><\/a>What is the Status of Representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Supreme Court:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of June 2026, only 2 woman judges (Justice B.V. Nagarathna &amp; Justice V. Mohana) serves out of 37 judges, yielding a representation of just <strong>5.4%<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its entire history since 1950, only 12 women judges have ever been appointed to the Supreme Court (Of them, 6 have been appointed since 2014 and 5 since 2018) \u2014 just <strong>3.8%<\/strong> out of 287 total appointments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No woman has held the Office of <strong>Chief Justice of India<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>High Courts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collectively for all High Courts, Women Judges constitute only <strong>13.1%<\/strong> of the Judges.<\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-347701 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-142701.png?resize=750%2C575&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Women Representation \" width=\"750\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-142701.png?resize=1024%2C785&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-142701.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-142701.png?resize=768%2C589&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-09-142701.png?w=1036&amp;ssl=1 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there are considerable variations among High Courts (HCs). 5 HCs have not a single woman Judge. Another 7 HCs have &lt; 10% women judges. Sikkim and Telangana HCs have the highest representation at 33.3%.<\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-347702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Proportion-of-Women-Judges-in-High-Courts.png?resize=615%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Women Representation \" width=\"615\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Proportion-of-Women-Judges-in-High-Courts.png?w=615&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Proportion-of-Women-Judges-in-High-Courts.png?resize=262%2C300&amp;ssl=1 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>District &amp; Subordinate Judiciary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women Judges constitute <strong>~35%<\/strong> of the Judges in the lower courts. Here the proportion varies from 19.5% in Gujarat to 70% in Goa. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of 2025, 7,852 women judges serve in district and subordinate courts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 of the 36 States and UTs had a smaller proportion of women in the lower judiciary than the national average.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of 1.7 million advocates in the country only 15% are women. Only 2% elected representatives in the State Bar Councils are women.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"blue-h2-box\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><a id=\"h2\"><\/a>What are the reasons for Low Representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Judicial Rules<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Article 233<\/strong> puts the condition of <strong>7 years<\/strong> of practice as an advocate to be eligible for appointment as District Judge. The Judiciary has interpreted this as 7 years of continuous practice. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most States\u2019 Judicial rules dictate a minimum age of <strong>35 years<\/strong> for entry as a district judge through direct recruitment. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one below the age of <strong>55 years<\/strong> can be appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court. Marriage and family responsibilities in this age group reduces the ability of women to compete for roles in the Judiciary.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>&#8216;Leaking Pipeline&#8217; Syndrome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leaking pipeline syndrome is often used as a metaphor for the way <\/span><b>women disappear as they move from lower to higher levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phenomenon of the leaking pipeline is witnessed across a spectrum of careers including the Judiciary (~35% Judges in Lower Courts to ~11% in the SC). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family responsibilities, personal choices, long working hours and work-life conflict, working conditions, lack of access to employment opportunities, barriers to advancement, inadequate support from family results in women frequently dropping out mid-career. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This &#8216;voluntary withdrawal&#8217; masks the tacit consent given to patriarchally prescribed gender roles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Opaque Recruitment Process (Collegium System)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Unlike lower courts, where entry is based on transparent, merit-based competitive exams (Judicial Services Examinations), appointments to the High Courts and the Supreme Court are managed by the <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"195\">Collegium system<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Because the process lacks institutionalized, objective criteria for selection, it heavily relies on existing professional networks. Historically dominated by men, these networks create an unconscious bias that favors male candidates, often overlooking highly competent women.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shorter Tenures and the Seniority Trap<\/strong>: High Court judges retire at 62, and Supreme Court judges at 65. Because of their late entry, women frequently have <b data-path-to-node=\"14,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"51\">shorter judicial tenures<\/b>. This prevents them from gaining the seniority required to enter the Supreme Court or to sit on the internal Collegium councils that choose future judges, perpetuating the cycle.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span class=\"\">Bar Councils and Bar Associations<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">: Women are significantly underrepresented in Bar Councils and Bar Associations, which can provide a pathway to visibility and leadership. The Bar Council of India, for instance, has no women members, and only 9 out of 441 State Bar Council representatives are women.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hostile Courtroom Culture<\/strong>: Women lawyers frequently report facing patronizing attitudes, casual sexism, and a lack of mentorship from senior male colleagues. This everyday friction makes litigation an exhausting space for women to sustain a multi-decade career<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lack of Supportive Infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The dearth of supportive provisions and infrastructure, from toilets to maternity leave, also contribute to a high attrition rate amongst women lawyers. In 6,000 courts across the country, 22% of them do not have separate toilets for women. As a result, many women law graduates prefer to join the corporate sector.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lack of Enabling Provisions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: While quotas for women have been implemented in the lower courts of many states, these policies are yet to be implemented in the higher judiciary. States like Assam, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha have these enabling provisions and have &gt; 40% women judges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"blue-h2-box\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><a id=\"h3\"><\/a>What are the impacts of Low representation of Women in Judiciary?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Gender Bias in Judgements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The absence of diverse perspectives on the bench often results in a narrow understanding of social dynamics and gender-based violence. Historically, this has led to problematic judicial reasoning:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Victim-Blaming:<\/strong> Courts have sometimes granted bail to perpetrators under archaic conditions (e.g., asking the attacker to get a <em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">rakhi<\/em> tied by the victim). <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Patriarchal Expectations:<\/strong> Judges have made rulings assessing whether a woman&#8217;s post-rape behavior fits the standard of an &#8220;ideal&#8221; rape victim rather than focusing on the criminality of the act itself. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The basis of such judgements is limited to the ideal dignity of a woman, and not on the criminal nature of the act itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Narrowing the Scope of Law:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Women judges often bring lived experiences that push the boundaries of jurisprudence, introducing new legal concepts related to <\/span><b>equal opportunity, sexual harassment (e.g. <\/b><b><i>Vishaka Guidelines<\/i><\/b><b> in India)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and reproductive rights. Low representation means these vital areas of law may progress slowly or remain undeveloped.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Deficiencies in Legal Reasoning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The ability of the legal system to understand and respond to different social circumstances and experiences is enriched by more judicial diversity. If there is not adequate women&#8217;s representation, the justice system will not be able to meet the needs of women and other underserved communities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Impact on Access to Justice:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Women litigants, especially those from economically weaker sections, often feel more comfortable and confident presenting their cases before a female judge. The lack of women on the bench can deter women from seeking legal recourse in sensitive matters, contributing to a <\/span><b>justice gap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Undermining of Gender Equality &amp; Causing Trust Deficit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Lack of women representatives in courts give rise to questions about the courts\u2019 legitimacy as representatives of the societies they serve. A judiciary that does not reflect nearly half the population lacks legitimacy and fails the principle of representative justice. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lack of Role Models:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> High-ranking women judges serve as powerful <\/span><b>role models and sources of inspiration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for young girls and women entering the legal profession and other fields. Their visibility breaks stereotypes about women&#8217;s capacity for leadership and high office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reinforcement of Societal Stereotypes<\/strong>: The lack of visible, high-ranking women in the judicial system reinforces the societal stereotype that women are incapable of holding top leadership or adjudicatory roles. Conversely, a robust presence of women on the bench breaks these biases and promotes egalitarianism.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 class=\"blue-h2-box\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a id=\"h8\"><\/a>How are different countries promoting greater representation of women in the judiciary?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #f2f5a9;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>Belgium<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-151\">Belgium amended its laws governing the Constitutional Court to implement a <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"93\"><span class=\"citation-151\">strict gender quota<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-151 citation-end-151\">.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-150 citation-end-150\">The law mandates that at least one-third of the judges must belong to each gender. Till the court reached the composition of one-third women judges, it was mandated that after every 2 male appointees, the third appointment would have to be of a woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\">Section 174(2) of the South African Constitution explicitly mandates that the judiciary must broadly reflect the racial and gender composition of the country.<\/span> <span class=\"citation-147 citation-end-147\">Driven by this constitutional obligation, South Africa&#8217;s Constitutional Court achieved a female majority (6 out of 11 judges), headed by a woman Chief Justice.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>The United Kingdom<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\">The UK created an independent <b data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"50\">Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC)<\/b>. The JAC is legally required to actively seek out and encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including women and ethnic minorities. It publishes transparent selection criteria, uses blind grading for initial assessments, and actively tracks gender metrics across all levels of courts.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\">Canada relies on an open, merit-based application process through independent advisory committees. This transparent process has effectively pushed women&#8217;s representation to approximately <b data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"289\">50% across its federal courts.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>France<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\"><span class=\"citation-146\">Imposed a <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"11,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"18\"><span class=\"citation-146\">50% gender parity quota at the local and municipal election levels<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-146 citation-end-146\">.<\/span> This has profoundly &#8220;feminized&#8221; the baseline of the French legal framework, naturally spilling over into a high volume of senior female magistrates and judges in courts of first and second instance.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 9.77482%;\"><strong>Rwanda<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 90.2252%;\"><span class=\"citation-148 citation-end-148\"><span class=\"citation-146\">Rwanda implemented constitutional quotas requiring at least 30% women in all decision-making bodies. <span class=\"citation-145\">Combined with targeted legal education funding, this mechanism was so successful that <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"195\"><span class=\"citation-145\">nearly half of all judges in Rwanda are now women.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"blue-h2-box\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><a id=\"h4\"><\/a>What should be the way forward?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Gender-Based Affirmative Action:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Implement a policy where a certain percentage (e.g. 30% where feasible) of judicial positions, particularly at the <\/span><b>District and High Court level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are reserved for women. While the Supreme Court appointments are based on seniority and merit, High Court recommendations must proactively seek out qualified women candidates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Mandatory Inclusion in Selection Committees:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ensure that all shortlisting and selection bodies, including the Collegium (at the Supreme Court level) and State-level committees, include <\/span><b>at least one woman member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This inclusion brings diversity to the decision-making process itself, challenging inherent biases during candidate evaluation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reforms in State Bar Councils and Bar Associations<\/strong>: State Bar Councils and Bar Associations must implement structural support systems. <span class=\"citation-100\">Recent Supreme Court directives mandating <\/span><b data-path-to-node=\"11,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"137\"><span class=\"citation-100\">30% seat reservations for women in Bar Council and Association elections<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-100 citation-end-100\"> must be strictly enforced.<\/span> Empowering women at the litigation stage ensures they are visible, mentored, and naturally positioned for direct bench elevations.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(230, 232, 240);\">Broaden the Zone of Consideration:<\/strong> Collegiums can proactively consider capable women advocates practicing in the Supreme Court who belong to different states, ensuring a wider talent pool when suitable state-level candidates are scarce.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lateral Entry from Academia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Encourage and facilitate the lateral entry of women with strong academic backgrounds (law professors, legal scholars) into the mid-level judiciary or as judges in specialized tribunals. This broadens the entry point beyond traditional litigation tracks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Addressing Family and Work-Life Balance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The biggest hurdle for women in the legal field is often the lack of institutional support for work-life balance. Judicial academies and the bar associations should advocate for:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Childcare Facilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within court complexes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Flexible Timings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for female lawyers and judges, particularly during early motherhood.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Adequate Maternity Leave<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> policies that do not negatively impact seniority or career progression.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Better Infrastructure:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Provide basic, dignified infrastructure in all courts, especially at the lower judiciary level (e.g. separate, well-maintained washrooms and retiring rooms and fully subsidized institutional childcare facilities), to support the comfort and safety of women lawyers and judges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Eliminating Gender Bias Training:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Introduce mandatory, regular <\/span><b>gender sensitization and unconscious bias training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for all sitting judges, law clerks, and court staff. This is essential to create a neutral and respectful court environment for female advocates and litigants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Mentorship and Support Networks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Establish formal mentorship programs where senior women judges and lawyers mentor junior female colleagues, helping them navigate the systemic challenges and stay in the profession long enough to be considered for elevation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bridging the gender gap in the judiciary will ensure that the judiciary is not only <\/span><strong><i>independent<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but also truly <\/span><strong><i>representative<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the society it is tasked with serving.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>UPSC GS-2: Indian Judiciary\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/justice-mohana-breaking-glass-ceiling-the-sc-gender-quota-10744628\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent appointment of Justice V. Mohana as a Supreme Court judge has renewed attention on the issue of women&#8217;s representation in India&#8217;s higher judiciary. As only the 12th woman judge in the Supreme Court&#8217;s 76-year history, her elevation marks progress toward gender diversity, yet women remain significantly underrepresented in judicial leadership positions. 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