Systemic Exclusion Is a Constitutional Lapse: PIL Seeks 30% Quota For Women Lawyers in Govt Panels, CJI Highlights Gender Gap

The Supreme Court of India sought replies on a PIL demanding 30% reservation for women lawyers in government legal panels. The plea stated, “The systemic exclusion of women from these panels is not merely an issue of professional inequity but a constitutional lapse that impedes the realisation of substantive equality,”.