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‘With 30% women judges, Telangana HC set an example’ | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: Telangana has set a new benchmark with women judges accounting for more than 30 per cent in the high court and 52 per cent in the district courts, said Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma.
Delivering his Republic Day speech on the court premises after unfurling the Tricolour on Wednesday, the CJ said: “It is a matter of pride that our high court has six women judges. This is more than 30 per cent of the current working strength of 19 judges. This is the highest ever since this high court was established.”
Even in the district judiciary, out of 434 judges, 221 are women judges. “This accounts for 52 per cent,” he said. “We are getting some more new judges for the high court within a month or so,” the CJ said. He also said 31 new courts were set up in the state last year.
Not just a record woman judge appointees in the judiciary, Telangana will also have another distinction of being the only state in the country to have filled almost all the junior civil judge posts in the district judiciary.
Of 627 HC judges in India, 66 are women
Out of 237 junior civil judge posts, 227 have been filled. This was made possible with the completion of recruitment of 66 junior civil judges in October last year. Interestingly, 40 of them are women.
In a PIL filed by women lawyers’ organisation in Supreme Court in April 2021 seeking appointment of more women judges in courts, it was revealed that five high courts of Manipur, Meghalaya, Patna, Tripura and Uttarakhand have no single woman judge.
As per information available on the website of the department of justice, out of the current working strength of 627 judges in various high courts across the country, only 66 are women which accounts for just 10 per cent of the total working strength.
Faizan Mustafa, vice-chancellor of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, said more number of women as judges and lawmakers would help in balanced adjudication.
Referring to the Kerala nun rape case, Mustafa said that male judges often do not consider a woman’s perspective. “Most of the laws are made by men and lack a woman’s perspective. Often we see that in rape and sexual offence cases, the line of questioning and findings exclude the woman’s perspective. When a judge is passing an order, how a woman would feel about it needs to be considered,” said Mustafa.
He also said more women should be lawmakers. “Ideally, 50 per cent seats should be set apart for women. Unfortunately, women’s reservation has never been a priority for any government. In fact, even in matters pertaining to men, women should be considered. It is the objectivity that every judge should possess,” said Mustafa.
Delivering his Republic Day speech on the court premises after unfurling the Tricolour on Wednesday, the CJ said: “It is a matter of pride that our high court has six women judges. This is more than 30 per cent of the current working strength of 19 judges. This is the highest ever since this high court was established.”
Even in the district judiciary, out of 434 judges, 221 are women judges. “This accounts for 52 per cent,” he said. “We are getting some more new judges for the high court within a month or so,” the CJ said. He also said 31 new courts were set up in the state last year.
Not just a record woman judge appointees in the judiciary, Telangana will also have another distinction of being the only state in the country to have filled almost all the junior civil judge posts in the district judiciary.
Of 627 HC judges in India, 66 are women
Out of 237 junior civil judge posts, 227 have been filled. This was made possible with the completion of recruitment of 66 junior civil judges in October last year. Interestingly, 40 of them are women.
In a PIL filed by women lawyers’ organisation in Supreme Court in April 2021 seeking appointment of more women judges in courts, it was revealed that five high courts of Manipur, Meghalaya, Patna, Tripura and Uttarakhand have no single woman judge.
As per information available on the website of the department of justice, out of the current working strength of 627 judges in various high courts across the country, only 66 are women which accounts for just 10 per cent of the total working strength.
Faizan Mustafa, vice-chancellor of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, said more number of women as judges and lawmakers would help in balanced adjudication.
Referring to the Kerala nun rape case, Mustafa said that male judges often do not consider a woman’s perspective. “Most of the laws are made by men and lack a woman’s perspective. Often we see that in rape and sexual offence cases, the line of questioning and findings exclude the woman’s perspective. When a judge is passing an order, how a woman would feel about it needs to be considered,” said Mustafa.
He also said more women should be lawmakers. “Ideally, 50 per cent seats should be set apart for women. Unfortunately, women’s reservation has never been a priority for any government. In fact, even in matters pertaining to men, women should be considered. It is the objectivity that every judge should possess,” said Mustafa.
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