General Awareness and Public Administration
Reservation for Women in bar association committee
▪ The Supreme Court recently reserved one-third of the seats in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for women.
▪ Accordingly, a minimum of 3 out of 9 positions in the Executive Committee and 2 of 6 Senior Executive Member posts will be reserved for women.
Present status of Women in Judiciary
▪ Since independence only 11 women Judges were appointed in Supreme Court.
▪ Justice Fathima Beevi was the first women judge to serve the Supreme Court in 1989
