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List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
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This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is ordered according to chronology.
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The first woman to become a justice in the court was Fathima Beevi, appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 woman justices in the court since then. Presently there are three sitting women judges out of the total 34 judges (including Chief Justice of India) in the court.[1][2]