NO RESERVATION FOR WOMEN IN JUDICIARY
RAJYA SABHA
The appointments of
Judges of the Supreme Court and of the High Courts are made under
Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India respectively
which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of
persons.
The Government
have, however, addressed letters to the Chief Ministers and the
Chief Justices of the High Courts from time to time requesting
them to locate persons from the Bar belonging to the Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and
Women who are suitable for appointment as High Court Judges.
This
information was given by the Union Minister of Law and Justice
Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi in a written reply to a question from
Smt. S.G. Indira in the Rajya Sabha today.
