List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India

This is a list of female judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is ordered according to chronology.

Emblem of the Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi

The first female justice in the court was Fatima Beevi appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 7 more female justices in the court since then. Presently there are 2 sitting female judges out of the total 33 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court namely Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.[1][2]

List of Judges in chronology
Key
  • *  incumbent judge
S. No. Portrait Name Date of appointment Date of retirement Position before being appointed
as a Judge of the Supreme Court		 Notes
1 Fathima Beevi6 October 198929 April 1992judge of the Kerala High Courtfirst female judge of the Supreme Court of India
2 Sujata Manohar8 November 199427 August 1999Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
3 Ruma Pal28 January 20002 June 2006judge of the Calcutta High Courtlongest-serving female judge of the Supreme Court of India
4 Gyan Sudha Misra30 April 201027 April 2014Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
5 Ranjana Desai13 September 201129 October 2014judge of the Bombay High Court
6
R. Banumathi13 August 201419 July 2020Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
7
Indu Malhotra *27 April 201813 March 2021Member of the High Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Law and Justice[3]first female judge who was elevated directly from the Bar Council of India
8
Indira Banerjee *7 August 201823 September 2022Chief Justice of the Madras High Court

See also

References
  1. "In A First, Supreme Court Has Three Sitting Woman Judges Today | Live Law". Live Law. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. "Indu Malhotra: India's supreme court is getting its seventh female judge in nearly 70 years — Quartz India". qz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. "In 70th Year of Independence, India's Supreme Court to Get Seventh Woman Judge". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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