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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State
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IJR
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Year
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Score
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Women judges (High Court) (%)
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Women judges in High Courts (Number)
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Total High Court judges (Number)
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Andhra Pradesh | 4 | Feb 2025 | 5.50 | 16.7 | 5 | 30 | |
Bihar | 4 | Feb 2025 | 1.79 | 2.9 | 1 | 34 | |
Chhattisgarh | 4 | Feb 2025 | 2.69 | 6.3 | 1 | 16 | |
Gujarat | 4 | Feb 2025 | 7.75 | 25 | 8 | 32 | |
Haryana | 4 | Feb 2025 | 7.88 | 25.5 | 13 | 51 | |
Jharkhand | 4 | Feb 2025 | 2.69 | 6.3 | 1 | 16 | |
Karnataka | 4 | Feb 2025 | 5.41 | 16.3 | 8 | 49 | |
Kerala | 4 | Feb 2025 | 3.40 | 8.9 | 4 | 45 | |
Madhya Pradesh | 4 | Feb 2025 | 1.82 | 3 | 1 | 33 | |
Maharashtra | 4 | Feb 2025 | 5.37 | 16.2 | 11 | 68 | |
Odisha | 4 | Feb 2025 | 2.50 | 5.6 | 1 | 18 | |
Punjab | 4 | Feb 2025 | 7.88 | 25.5 | 13 | 51 | |
Rajasthan | 4 | Feb 2025 | 3.45 | 9.1 | 3 | 33 | |
Tamil Nadu | 4 | Feb 2025 | 6.40 | 20 | 13 | 65 | |
Telangana | 4 | Feb 2025 | 10.00 | 33.3 | 10 | 30 | |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 | Feb 2025 | 2.03 | 3.8 | 3 | 79 | |
Uttarakhand | 4 | Feb 2025 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
West Bengal | 4 | Feb 2025 | 4.77 | 14 | 6 | 43 |