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Watch | A Look at the Careers and Notable Judgments of the 3 Newly Appointed Women SC Judges

Seraj Ali
Sep 02, 2021
With Justice Indira Banerjee, who came to the apex court in 2018, the entry of Justices Hima Kohli, B.V. Nagarathna and Bela Trivedi will take the number of women judges in the Supreme Court to 4, out of 34.

For the first time in India, nine new Supreme Court judges, including three women, took their oaths on August 31. With these additions, the apex court will now have a total of 33 judges, including four women judges for the first time. Besides Justice Indira Banerjee, who was appointed in 2018, the newly appointed women judges are Justices Hima Kohli, B.V. Nagarathna and Bela Trivedi.

This episode of The Wire Explains looks into the careers and notable judgments of the three newly appointed women Supreme Court judges.

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