Eleven women judges have adorned the Supreme Court, but a majority of them have a tenure of less than five years.
Only Justice Ruma Pal has completed a tenure of a little over six years between January 2000 and June 2006.
Justice B.V. Nagarathna, expected to be India’s first woman Chief Justice of India in September 2027, has also a tenure of just over six years from August 2021 to October 2027. Justice Nagarathna’s tenure as Chief Justice would however be only a little over a month before she retires from the court.
