List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India

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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.

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The first female justice in the court was Fathima Beevi appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 female justices in the court since then. Presently there is 3 sitting female judges out of the total 34 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court. [1] [2]

List of Judges in chronology

Key
S. No.PortraitNameDate of appointmentDate of retirementPosition before being appointed
as a Judge of the Supreme Court
Notes
1
Justice Fathima Beevi.JPG
Fathima Beevi 6 October 198929 April 1992Judge of the Kerala High Court First female judge of the Supreme Court of India
2 Sujata Manohar 8 November 199427 August 1999Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
3 Ruma Pal 28 January 20002 June 2006Judge of the Calcutta High Court Longest-serving female judge of the Supreme Court of India
4 Gyan Sudha Misra 30 April 201027 April 2014Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
5 Ranjana Desai 13 September 201129 October 2014Judge of the Bombay High Court
6
Justice R. Banumathi.jpg
R. Banumathi 13 August 201419 July 2020Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
7
Justice Indu Malhotra.jpg
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
Justice Indira Banerjee.jpg
Indira Banerjee 7 August 201823 September 2022Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
9
Justice Hima Kohli.jpg
Hima Kohli *31 August 20211 September 2024Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court
10
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Bela Trivedi *31 August 20219 June 2025Judge of the Gujarat High Court
11
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B. V. Nagarathna *31 August 202129 October 2027Judge of the Karnataka High Court Assumed to be the first female Chief Justice of India in 2027

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References

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