Lok Sabha Question No. 604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Women Judges in High Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: George Baker, ANIL SHIROLE, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 604

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 06.02.2019

## Women Judges in High Courts

604. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the   details   of  the  number  of  high courts across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of the sanctioned strength of women judges in these high courts across the country;
- (c) the   details  of  the  number of  women  judges  working  in these courts,  at  present,  across  the  country,  State/UT-wise  including  in West Bengal;
- (d) whether the strength of women Judges is not upto the sanctioned strength and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase their strength in these courts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (e):  Statement  showing  details  of  High  Courts  alongwith  sanctioned strength of Judges and number of women Judges working  is annexed.

Appointment of Judges of the High Court is made under Article 217 and  224  of  the  Constitution  of  India.  These  Articles  do  not  provide  for reservation for any caste or class of person including women. However, the Government has been requesting the Chief Justices of the High Courts that while  sending  proposals  for  appointment  of  Judges,  due  consideration  be given  to  suitable  candidates  belonging  to  Scheduled  Castes,  Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and Women.

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Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No.  604  for  06.02.2019  regarding  Women  Judges  in  High Courts.

( As on 31.01.2019)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the High Courts   |   Sanctioned Strength of Judges |   Number of Women Judges working |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Allahabad                 |                             160 |                               07 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh            |                              37 |                               03 |
|         3 | Bombay                    |                              94 |                               09 |
|         4 | Calcutta                  |                              72 |                               07 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh              |                              22 |                               02 |
|         6 | Delhi                     |                              60 |                               07 |
|         7 | Gauhati                   |                              24 |                               01 |
|         8 | Gujarat                   |                              52 |                               03 |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh          |                              13 |                               00 |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                              17 |                               02 |
|        11 | Jharkhand                 |                              25 |                               01 |
|        12 | Karnataka                 |                              62 |                               03 |
|        13 | Kerala                    |                              47 |                               05 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh            |                              53 |                               03 |
|        15 | Madras                    |                              75 |                               11 |
|        16 | Manipur                   |                              05 |                               00 |
|        17 | Meghalaya                 |                              04 |                               00 |
|        18 | Orissa                    |                              27 |                               01 |
|        19 | Patna                     |                              53 |                               02 |
|        20 | Punjab& Haryana           |                              85 |                               07 |
|        21 | Rajasthan                 |                              50 |                               01 |
|        22 | Sikkim                    |                              03 |                               01 |
|        23 | Telangana                 |                              24 |                               00 |
|        24 | Tripura                   |                              04 |                               00 |
|        25 | Uttarakhand               |                              11 |                               00 |