CJI Surya Kant Urges High Courts: Fill Vacancies, Elevate Women Judges Now

• CJI Surya Kant writes to all 25 High Court Chief Justices to fill judicial vacancies.
• Emphasizes prioritizing elevation of women judges to enhance diversity on the bench.
• Highlights 309 vacant positions (27.5%) in High Courts against a sanctioned strength of 1,122 judges.
• Notes only 116 of 813 working High Court judges are women (14.27%), with only one woman in Supreme Court.
• CJI stresses that recommending meritorious women should be a norm, not an exception.