Scenario of female judges in India Flashcards
1
Q
How many women were Chief justice of India?
A
None as of now
2
Q
How many women judges in supreme court as of now?
A
2 against a sanctioned strength of
34 judges.
3
Q
What is the collective scenario?
A
. There are only
80 women judges out of the
sanctioned strength of 1,113 judges in the High Courts and the Supreme Court.
SC has never got a distinguished jurist as a judge.
4
Q
What is distinguished jurist?
A
This qualification was put in the Constitution in case it was ever felt that a person with rich academic knowledge of the law, but no practical experience of being an Advocate or a Judge, could be made Supreme Court Judge in order to contribute his knowledge to important questions of law decided by the Supreme Court
