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.

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 3 sitting female judges out of the total 34 judges
(including Chief Justice of India) in the court namely R. Banumathi, Indu
Malhotra and Indira Banerjee.[1][2]

List of Judges in chronology

Key

* incumbent judge Emblem of the Supreme

Court of India

The Supreme Court of India, in

New Delhi
 Position before being
S. Date of Date of appointed
Portrait Name Notes
No. appointment retirement as a Judge of the
Supreme Court

first female judge of

Fathima 6 October 29 April judge of the Kerala High
1 the Supreme Court of
Beevi 1989 1992 Court
India

Sujata 8 November 27 August Chief Justice of the

2
Manohar 1994 1999 Kerala High Court
longest-serving
28 January 2 June judge of the Calcutta female judge of the
3 Ruma Pal
2000 2006 High Court Supreme Court of
India
Gyan
27 April Chief Justice of the
4 Sudha 30 April 2010
2014 Jharkhand High Court
Misra
13 29
Ranjana judge of the Bombay
5 September October
Desai High Court
2011 2014

R.
13 August 19 July Chief Justice of the
6 Banumathi
2014 2020 Jharkhand High Court
*

Member of the High first female judge who

Indu 13 March Level Committee (HLC) was elevated directly
7 27 April 2018 in the Ministry of Law
Malhotra * 2021 from the Bar Council
and Justice[3] of India

23
Indira 7 August Chief Justice of the
8 September
Banerjee * 2018 Madras High Court
2022

See also
List of female Indian governors and lieutenant governors
List of female Indian chief ministers
List of chief justices of India
List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India
List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia

References
 1. "In A First, Supreme Court Has Three Sitting Woman Judges Today | Live Law" (https://www.liv
elaw.in/in-a-first-supreme-court-has-three-sitting-woman-judges-today/). 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" (https://qz.com/india/1262587/indu-malhotra-indias-supreme-court-is-getting-its-s
eventh-female-judge-in-nearly-70-years/). qz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
3. "In 70th Year of Independence, India's Supreme Court to Get Seventh Woman Judge" (https://t
hewire.in/gender/70th-year-independence-indias-supreme-court-get-seventh-woman-judge).
The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

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