Finally, the Supreme Court is working at its full strength of 34 judges. Only one of them, Justice BV Nagarathna is a woman. It’s as good a time as any to remember that the last time a woman was appointed to the apex court was August 31, 2021, when not one but three, Hima Kohli, Bela Trivedi and Nagarathna were sworn-in on the same day. In the four years since that “historic” day, not another woman.

Earlier this week, 14 new judges were appointed to the Bombay High Court. Just one is a woman. As of March this year, 105 of the 779 high court judges across the country were women, according to the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR).

Justice is blind, you could argue, so what’s the big deal if it’s also gender-blind? Yet, it can hardly be a coincidence that India’s top-performing high courts, Telangana, Sikkim and Manipur are also our most gender-representative ones, finds CLPR. In Telangana, 10 of the 30........

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