Overview

• On August 30, the bar body passed a resolution requesting the Chief Justice of India and the Collegium to prioritize elevating more women in upcoming appointments to the Supreme Court and the high courts.
• The move follows letters from SCBA president Vikas Singh to Chief Justice B. R. Gavai on May 24 and July 18 urging at least proportional representation of women in higher judicial appointments.
• The association noted that no woman has been appointed to the Supreme Court since 2021 and that only one woman currently serves on its bench.
• In the latest round of Supreme Court recommendations, the collegium proposed Justices Alok Aradhe and Vipul Manubhai Pancholi, both men, resulting in no female elevation in that cycle.
• SCBA-cited data show roughly 1,100 sanctioned high court judgeships, with about 670 held by men and 103 by women, and several high courts—Uttarakhand, Tripura, Meghalaya, and Manipur—currently have no women judges.