This is a list of female judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India.
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The list is ordered according to chronology.
The first female justice in the court was Fathima Beevi appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 female justices in the court since then. Presently there is 3 sitting female judges out of the total 34 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court.
S. No. | Portrait | Name | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Position before being appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court | Notes |
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1 | Fathima Beevi | 6 October 1989 | 29 April 1992 | Judge of the Kerala High Court | First female judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
2 | Sujata Manohar | 8 November 1994 | 27 August 1999 | Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court | ||
3 | Ruma Pal | 28 January 2000 | 2 June 2006 | Judge of the Calcutta High Court | Longest-serving female judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
4 | Gyan Sudha Misra | 30 April 2010 | 27 April 2014 | Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court | ||
5 | Ranjana Desai | 13 September 2011 | 29 October 2014 | Judge of the Bombay High Court | ||
6 | R. Banumathi | 13 August 2014 | 19 July 2020 | Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court | ||
7 | Indu Malhotra | 27 April 2018 | 13 March 2021 | Member of the High Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Law and Justice | First female judge who was elevated directly from the Bar Council of India | |
8 | Indira Banerjee | 7 August 2018 | 23 September 2022 | Chief Justice of the Madras High Court | ||
9 | Hima Kohli * | 31 August 2021 | 1 September 2024 | Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court | ||
10 | Bela Trivedi * | 31 August 2021 | 9 June 2025 | Judge of the Gujarat High Court | ||
11 | B. V. Nagarathna * | 31 August 2021 | 29 October 2027 | Judge of the Karnataka High Court | Assumed to be the first female Chief Justice of India in 2027 |
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