Scenario of female judges in India Flashcards

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How many women were Chief justice of India?

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None as of now

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How many women judges in supreme court as of now?

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2 against a sanctioned strength of

34 judges.

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3
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What is the collective scenario?

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. 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.

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4
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What is distinguished jurist?

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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

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