NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said till a few years back there were no women judges in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court but now they were stepping out of their homes and were into the subordinate judiciary in the “conservative state”.
He said today Delhi High Court has the distinction of having the largest number of women judges in the country but a few years back, when diamond jubilee function was celebrated at the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, there was not even a single lady judge there.
“Women, especially in Kashmir Valley are in ‘purdah’ and so on but women in that state, a conservative state, are also now stepping out of the homes and going for education and at least 50 per cent of those in the subordinate judiciary are women. 50 per cent or maybe more then 50 per cent,” Thakur, himself from J&K, said while addressing a seminar on ‘Women of vision to lead change’ organised by Citizen’s Rights Trust.
The Chief Justice said problem with all of us is that we always speak about our rights but we should also talk about our duties as well. (AGENCIES)
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