List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India

This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is arranged in chronological order.

The first woman to become a judge of the Supreme Court was Fathima Beevi, appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 women justices in the court since then. Currently, there is just one sitting woman judge out of the total 34 – Justice B. V. Nagarathna.

• Justice Nagarathna is also set to be the first female Chief Justice of India in September 2027, with a tenure of just 36 days, the third shortest in history.

List of Judges in chronology

Incumbent

• First female to enter in collegium

See also

• List of female governors in India
• List of female lieutenant governors and administrators in India
• List of female chief ministers in India
• List of female deputy chief ministers in India
• List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India
• List of female opposition leaders in India
• List of female chief justices in India
• List of chief justices of India
• List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of former judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of first women lawyers and judges in Asia

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