Indira Banerjee appointed 8 th woman Judge in SC

Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Indira Banerjee has been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. With this appointment, the top court now has three women judges for the first time in history – Justice R Banumathi, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Indira Banerjee.

Banerjee, 60, who was the chief justice of the Madras High Court, is only the eighth woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court.