Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna opined that atleast 30 per cent of total population of lawyer should be women and at the same time 30 percent reservation should be maintained for women advocates in State and Central government lawyers panels.
She further underlined the issue of women’s under representation in the judiciary, stating that women under 45 years old are often not appointed as judges of High Courts despite the fact that male counterparts below that age are very often appointed.
The seminar was organized by the University of Mumbai and the ICSSR.
