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CHIEF JUSTICE of India S A Bobde said on Thursday that the collegium only needs to find capable candidates but does not need a change in attitude to ensure greater representation of women in the judiciary. “Time has come for a woman Chief Justice of India,” he said while hearing a plea filed by Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association seeking the court’s intervention to consider more women for appointment as judges in high courts. “Chief Justices of high courts have stated that many women advocates, when invited to become judges, declined the offer citing domestic responsibilities about children studying in Class 12 etc,” the CJI said. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, who is also part of the bench, supported the views. The bench, however, did not issue notice to the government on the plea, saying it did not “want to complicate things”. However, the CJI’s observations prompted strong responses from women in the bar. “There are many men who refuse judgeship because they have a successful practice and do not want to take a cut in their earnings. But has that stopped the collegium from seeking more men and making them judges?” asked Bombay-based advocate Veena Gowda. “We are ready and more than happy to take this responsibility and serve the institution,” the Delhi-based advocate-on-record Anindita Pujari said while the reason may be true in some cases given structural inequalities, the collegium must take corrective measures to make the bench more inclusive. “Maybe as a transitiona...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Who is Justice NV Ramana: Meet the next Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana, currently the second senior-most justice in the Supreme Court, is scheduled to take charge as the next Chief Justice of India on April 24. He will succeed 47th CJI SA Bobde. Justice Ramana's eight-year tenure in the Supreme Court will end on August 26, 2022. Before joining the apex court, Justice Ramana was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He also served as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy. Born in an agricultural family in 1957 in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Justive Ramana began practicing law in 1983. He has practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service and Election matters. He also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2000. He functioned as Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013. He had participated in several National and International Conferences held in India and abroad and submitted papers on various topics of legal importance. He was elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in September 2013 and later elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on February 2014. Specialized in Constit...