First woman chief justice of india

“While truthful dissemination of information is an essential requirement of any broadcasting channel, sensationalism in the form of ‘ Breaking News, ‘ Flash News’ or in any other form must be curbed.”, wrote a female Judge in her 2012 historic judgement. She further suggested that the Centre should set up an autonomous and statutory mechanism to regulate broadcast media. Going forward, in a 2019 judgment, she ruled that a temple is not a commercial establishment and that its employees are not entitled to gratuity under the Payments of Gratuity Act, but can avail similar benefits under the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Act. The same judge was also a part of the bench that opposed the Karnataka government's proposal to temporarily stop mid-day meals in COVID-affected areas. The bench also advised the government to bridge the digital gap and ensure children have access to online classes. It also stated that teachers and non-teaching staff should be treated as frontline workers. She was also the one behind ruling that the Karnataka government shouldn’t impose lifetime tax on vehicles bought outside Karnataka. Who is this judge who has given so many fearless and historic judgements, we are talking about today? She is BV Nagarathna who was recently scaled to the Supreme Court of India. Not only this, she is more likely to become the Chief Justice of India in 2027. In that case, she will create history by becoming India’s first woman Chief Justic...

Leila Seth had a penchant for ‘firsts’ and she wore each honour with uncommon ease. Seth was the first woman to top the London Bar exams in the ’50s, the first woman judge in the Delhi High Court, first woman senior counsel to practise in the Supreme Court, and the first woman Chief Justice of a high court (she was Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court). She served with distinction on many judicial and enquiry panels and was a fierce advocate of human rights. But as the mother of a gay man, novelist and poet Vikram Seth, it was her passionate defence of the rights of the LGBT community that caught the public attention. Leila Seth was a remarkable jurist, but equally remarkable was her decision to study law – it was a happy accident. Why She Chose Law Seth was born in Lucknow in 1930 and studied in Loreto Convent in Darjeeling, West Bengal. Her father, who worked with the railways, died when she was only 11 and Seth started working very early. Her family was living in Calcutta then and Leila found work as a stenographer with the railways. It was then that Leila met her future husband, Prem. After marriage, Prem, who was with the Bata Shoe Company, was posted in London, where the couple lived for a few years. Seth was very keen on studying further but having a three-month-old limited her academic choices. “I did not have any particular interest in law,” Seth later said, but since it didn’t require her to attend regular classes, she took the plunge. In 1958, Seth b...

The Centre has approved all nine names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment to the top court, clearing the decks for Justice BV Nagarathna to become India’s first woman Chief Justice in 2027, a milestone in the nation's history. The files have reportedly been forwarded to the President for further formalities. If everything goes according to plan, the Supreme Court will swear in the nine new judges on 31 August. Besides Justice Nagarathna, two other women — Justice Hima Kohli, the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, and Justice Bela M Trivedi, the fifth senior-most judge of the Gujarat High Court — have been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges of the top court. Having sex with dead people not punishable in India: Why do people commit necrophilia, which countries criminalise it? Dignity of Deceased: K'taka HC tells Centre to criminalise necrophilia, sex with dead women Nagarathna will likely have a month-long tenure as chief justice from 25 September 2027 to 29 October 2027. Career path Justice Nagarathna, born on 30 October 1962, is currently a judge at the Karnataka High Court. The 58-year-old began her career when she enrolled with the Karnataka Bar Council in 1987 and practised constitutional law, commercial law, commercial law and administrative law. Interestingly, when Justice Nagarathna is elevated she would become the second Chief Justice of India. Her father, ES Venkataramaiah was the 19th CJI and held t...

New Delhi: Three women judges, one judge from the Scheduled Caste and another belonging to the Other Backward Class are among the nine new judges of the Supreme Court notified by President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday afternoon. With these appointments, the strength of judges in the top court will increase from 24 to 33 with just one vacancy pending. The swearing-in ceremony for the new judges is likely to take place on 31 August. The names were proposed by the Supreme Court Collegium in a resolution on 17 August, which was seen as a crucial development as it came 22 months after the last collegium recommendation. The collegium is a high-powered appointment panel led by the Chief Justice of India and comprises four senior judges of the top court. At present, it is headed by CJI N.V. Ramana and has justices U.U. Lalit, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and L.N. Rao as its members. The interim 22 months between the two recommendations marked former CJI S.A. Bobde’s tenure, when the collegium could not finalise any names due to a lack of consensus. While the panel’s proposal came under mild criticism for overlooking several senior judges, sources in SC told ThePrint that the selections were made to ensure adequate representation from all communities and regions. Of the nine names chosen, four are sitting chief justices of high courts — Justice Abhay Oka from Karnataka, Justice Vikram Nath from Gujarat, Justice K.K. Maheshwari from Sikkim and Justice Hima Kohli from Telangana â...

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Click here for more Who appoints Supreme Court judges? Articles 124(2) and 217 of the Constitution governs the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts respectively. Under both provisions, the President has the power to make the appointments “after consultation with such of the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts in the States as the President may deem necessary”. Over the years, the word “consultation” has been at the centre of debate on the executive’s power to appoint judges. In practice, the executive held this power since Independence, and a convention of seniority was evolved for appointing the Chief Justice of India. This changed, however, in the ’80s in a series of Supreme Court cases, in which the judiciary essentially impounded the power of appointment to itself. What were these cases? The tussle between the executive and the judiciary over judges’ appointment began following the Indira Gandhi-led government’s move in 1973 to supersede three senior judges and appoint Justice A N Ray as the CJI. In three cases — which came to be known as the Judges Cases — in 1981, 1993 and 1998, the Supreme Court evolved the collegium system for appointing judges. A group of senior Supreme Court judges headed by the CJI would make recommendations to the President on who should be appointed. These rulings not only shrank the executive say in proposing a candidate for judgeship, but also took away the executive’s veto power. In the First Judges Case...

- Advertisement - In a historic decision in the 75th year since its Independence, the Collegium, headed by CJI N. V. Ramana, has recommended the name of three women for the highest court of the nation. Presently, the Supreme Court has only one woman as a judge, Justice Indira Banerjee, who is set to retire in the month of September. Till date, only eight women have been appointed to the SC panel. Nonetheless, the stage has been set for the possibility of the first female CJI the country has ever seen in the year 2027. One of the names, Justice B. V. Nagarathna, could go on to become the head of judiciary at this apex court. Nine names have been finalised for the list which includes the name of two more female judges. Justice Hima Kohli is currently working as the Chief Justice of the Telengana High Court. Justice Bela Trivedi is associated with the Gujarat HC as a judge. Senior advocate P.S. Narsimha is being seen as the Collegium’s first choice for gaining a direct elevation to the Supreme Court – the highest order of judiciary in the nation. This is following the retirement of Justice Rohinton F. Nariman. Justice Nagarathna is a judge in Karnataka High Court. Her father, Justice E. S. Venkataramiah, was also appointed as the Chief Justice. He had been in the position for a little less than six months, his tenure beginning on 19th June, 1989 and lasting till 17th December, 1989. - Advertisement - Justice B. V. Nagarathna had started working as an advocate on October 2, 19...