Chief Justice With 4 Women Judges After Historic Oath At Supreme Court

As nine new judges took the oath as Supreme Court judges today, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana posed for pictures with his colleagues.

In one of the pictures, he is seen with the four sitting women judges of the Supreme Court — Justice Indira Banerjee, Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Bela M Trivedi. With Justices Nagarathna, Kohli and Trivedi sworn in today, this is the highest number of sitting women judges the top court has ever had.

The previous high was three women judges — Justices R Banumathi, Indira Banerjee and Indu Malhotra were sitting judges from August 2018 to May 2020.

This elevation is also significant as the Supreme Court is set to get its first woman Chief Justice in Justice Nagarathna. Daughter of former Chief Justice of India E S Venkataramiah, she is in line for the post in September 2027.

Also, this was the first time when nine judges took the oath of office at one go.