भारत के प्रधान न्यायाधीश (CJI) एन वी रमण की अध्यक्षता वाले सुप्रीम कोर्ट के कॉलेजियम के शीर्ष अदालत में न्यायाधीश के रूप में नियुक्ति के लिए नौ नामों की सिफारिश की है। सूत्रों ने यह जानकारी दी।
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that time has come when a woman should be Chief Justice of India and stressed that there is no attitudinal change. The top court said that it always has the interest of women in mind and its every collegium considers women for appointment as judges in higher judiciary. Not a single woman judge has figured in the list of 48 Chief Justice of India including the CJI designate NV Ramana, since it came into existence on January 26, 1950. The top court was hearing a plea of women lawyers body seeking consideration of meritorious lot among them for appointment as judges in high courts.
Time has come for appointment of woman as Chief Justice of India: Supreme Court
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Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 09:29 PM IST
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The top court was hearing a plea of women lawyers body seeking consideration of meritorious lot among them for appointment as judges in high courts. A special bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Surya Kant said, Why higher judiciary. We think time has come when a woman should be Chief Justice of India .
Not a single woman judge has figured in the list of 48 Chief Justice of India including the CJI designate NV Ramana, since it came into existence on January 26, 1950.