CJI Hints At An Increase In The Number Of Women In Judiciary And Demands More Women Judges
Law colleges should incorporate 'decision' as a subject to help young lawyers nurture their talents after graduating from the institutes.
Chief Justice of India U U Lalit has said that in the near future the number of women gracing the judiciary will be more. Addressing the concluding day of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Dr. B R Ambedkar Government Law College on Saturday, the Chief Justice of India referred to Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Sundararajan's appeal earlier in his address that women should come forward in large numbers. Legal studies and also demanded more women judges.
The Chief Justice of India said that already five states including Orissa, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu have more women at the induction level in the judiciary.
Law colleges should incorporate 'decision' as a subject to help young lawyers nurture their talents after graduating from the institutes.
Justice Lalit released the souvenir on the occasion. Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, an alumnus of the Law College here, said that the regional administration is going ahead with the initiative to set up a Law University near the Law College near Periya Kalapet.
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He made a strong case for a bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. Rangasamy said that the Puducherry government is providing monthly assistance of Rs 9,000 to young lawyers in the initial phase of their practice.
He requested from amongst the lawyers in Puducherry to depute judges to the Madras High Court. Supreme Court Justices V Ramasubramaniam and MM Sundaresh and Madras High Court Judge T Raja were among those who spoke at the conclusion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Dr. B R Ambedkar Government Law College.
