List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India

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The Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi

This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is arranged in chronological order.

The first woman to become a judge of the Supreme Court was Fathima Beevi, appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 women justices in the court since then. Currently, there is just one sitting women judge out of the total 34 – Justice B. V. Nagarathna.[1][2] Justice Nagarathna is also set to be the first female Chief Justice of India in September 2027, with a tenure of just 36 days, the third shortest in history.[3]

List of Judges in chronology

Key

   Incumbent

No. Portrait Name Date of appointment Date of retirement Tenure Immediate prior post before elevation to Supreme Court Notes
1
Fathima Beevi 6 October 1989 29 April 1992 2 years, 206 days Judge of the Kerala High Court First female judge of the Supreme Court of India
2
Sujata Manohar 8 November 1994 27 August 1999 4 years, 292 days Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
3
Ruma Pal 28 January 2000 2 June 2006 6 years, 125 days Judge of the Calcutta High Court Longest-serving female judge of the Supreme Court of India
4
Gyan Sudha Misra 30 April 2010 27 April 2014 3 years, 362 days Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
5
Ranjana Desai 13 September 2011 29 October 2014 3 years, 46 days Judge of the Bombay High Court
6
R. Banumathi 13 August 2014 19 July 2020 5 years, 341 days Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
7
Indu Malhotra 27 April 2018 13 March 2021 2 years, 320 days Member of the High Level Committee in the Ministry of Law and Justice[4] First woman judge who was elevated directly from the Bar Council of India
8
Indira Banerjee 7 August 2018 23 September 2022 4 years, 47 days Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
9
Hima Kohli 31 August 2021 1 September 2024 3 years, 1 day Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court
10
Bela Trivedi 31 August 2021 9 June 2025 3 years, 282 days Judge of the Gujarat High Court
11
B. V. Nagarathna 31 August 2021 29 October 2027 6 years, 59 days Judge of the Karnataka High Court Assumed to be the first female Chief Justice of India in 2027.


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. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. ^ "Justice BV Nagarathna to become part of Supreme Court Collegium from …". 2025-06-22. Archived from the original on 2025-06-22.
  4. ^ "In 70th Year of Independence, India's Supreme Court to Get Seventh Woman Judge". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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