CJI Ramana supports 50 per cert resevation for women in judiciary

We need 50 per cent reservation for women in judiciary... It is an issue of thousands of years of oppression. Chief Justice NV Ramana also supported the demand for similar reservation in law colleges across the country. Addressing women advocates of the Supreme Court on Sunday,who had organised a felicitation ceremony for him and the nine newly appointed judges, the Chief Justice said, "it is your right... you are entitled to demand reservation in the judiciary and law colleges".

It is an issue of thousands of years of oppression. In lower levels of the judiciary less than 30 per cent of judges are women... in High Courts it is 11.5 per cent... in Supreme Court only 11-12 per cent are women," he said."Of 1.7 million advocates in the country... only 15 per cent are women. Only two per cent elected representatives in state bar councils are women. I raised the issue of why the Bar Council of the India National Committee does not have even a single woman representative..." he asked.

These issues need urgent correction and I will modify this: "women of the World unite. You have nothing to lose, but your chains." He also highlighted "challenges unfriendly to women lawyers", including uncomfortable working environments, the lack of infrastructure and added that he is trying to resolve issues of infrastructure... forcing the executive to make changes.