Collegium recommends three women judges for elevation to SC
India TodayIn a first, the Supreme Court Collegium has recommended for appointment to the apex court three women judges, including Justice B V Nagarathna who will be in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India in September 2027 if she gets the nod. Presently, Justice Indira Banerjee is the lone serving woman judge in the apex court after her elevation on 7 August 2018 from the Madras High Court where she was serving as the Chief Justice. Besides Justice Nagarathna, the third senior-most judge of the Karnataka High Court, the other women judges whose names have been recommended are Justice Hima Kohli, the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, and Justice Bela M Trivedi, the fifth senior-most judge of the Gujarat High Court. The other woman judge, whose elevation is recommended to the Centre, is Chief Justice Hima Kohli of the Telangana High Court and her parent cadre is the Delhi High Court.