Rankings Methodology
Rankings Methodology

Indicates share of women among total high court judges
Best
Worst

Pillar: Judiciary

Theme: Diversity

IJRs: 1, 2, 3

Formula: Women High Court judges / Total High Court judges * 100

Benchmark: Not available

Scoring guide: Higher, the better

Latest period/date: December 2022

Latest data source: Department of Justice

Notes: States and UTs that share a High Court have been assigned the same value. These are Kerala and Lakshadweep; West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh; Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu; Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

IJR 2: 1. Due to bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana courts from January 2019, Q4 data of 2018-19 has been used for them.

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