INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Underlining the need to have more engagement with people from marginalised and deprived sections of society, Chief Justice of
India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said the legal profession needs to be more inclusive and there should be more representation of women in the
advocates, who were present in the audience, to reflect on how to make the legal profession more inclusive.He also expressed concern over
lesser representation of women in higher judiciary and said this could not be remedied overnight as the selection of judges had to be done
from the available pool.He said that in several states, at the district level, over 70-80% of fresh recruits were women but they remained
under-represented in higher judiciary.He said the issue would be discussed and steps taken to increase the available pool in the next 10-15
entering the legal profession, is entirely conducted in English
Now, with the very fact that the medium of examination is in English, we are making our profession urban-centric and wholly and completely
Just like bringing gender justice is not a project only for women but it is a project for all of us
judge B R Gavai said Ambedkar's dream of an equal society had not been achieved yet and added that it was time to pledge to put in all
efforts to achieve political and social equality.
