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Thursday, July 30, 2026
TopicWomen lawyers

Topic: women lawyers

Bar exam to bench, how are Indian women lawyers doing?

Merely mandating a quota without addressing systemic issues will not ensure that women in India thrive and rise in the legal profession.

Supreme Court proposes stipend for young lawyers, better court infra for women advocates

SC suggests creating a dedicated fund for giving stipend to young lawyers for initial three years. It also calls for improving essential facilities for women lawyers across court complexes.

NLSIU launches centre to study India’s legal profession, starting with women’s declining representation

NLSIU’s Centre for the Study of the Legal Profession is set to examine the profession’s structures, norms, and practices through rigorous empirical research, sustained policy engagement.

Indian women start with 50% representation in law school. It dips below 6% at Supreme Court

At every transition, the profession loses women. Not because they lack competence or ambition. But because the institutions they enter were designed by men, for men.

Bias, burnout & lack of infra: SCBA survey lays bare struggle of women lawyers in India

SC Bar Association survey, the first of its kind, revealed 81% women lawyers had harder professional journey than male peers; 71.5% reported some form of professional impact due to marital status.

Work-life balance, gender bias emerge as top hurdles for women lawyers in Delhi-NCR: SCBA

Of the 301 women advocates surveyed across Delhi-NCR, 95.4 percent emphasised the importance of stronger institutional policies in enabling women’s professional growth.

Big courtroom that can fit ’13-judge bench’, waiting area for litigants — SC makeover in works

Panel of judges working on proposal to develop additional building in court premises that will accommodate new spacious courtrooms equipped with latest technology, it is learnt.

Delhi HC Women Lawyers Forum calls out ‘misogyny of the bar’ in reaction to 1994 assault case

Former Delhi HC Bar Association president Rajiv Khosla was convicted on 29 Oct for assaulting lawyer Sujata Kohli in 1994. A section of male lawyers resolved to abstain from work Tuesday in protest.

Sexism in Indian judiciary runs so deep it’s unlikely we will get our first woman CJI

A judge in Madras High Court once passed a comment on my short haircut. I protested but other male lawyers made me apologise. This is what women lawyers face.

On Camera

India’s education system suffers from a mafia problem. More laws is not the solution

I have absolutely no doubt that the Nandan Nilekani-led NEET committee will come up with a very relevant and useful set of recommendations. But will it help?

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.