CHENNAI: The Madras High Court will soon have 11 women as judges, perhaps the highest tally in its 125 years of existence.
The Central government on Tuesday notified the appointment of six judges to the high court. Of them, four are women. Already the high court has seven women as judges, including the Chief Justice Indira Banerjee.
After all the six new judges are sworn-in, the total strength of the High Court will be 60. The total sanctioned strength of the high court is 75.
The four new women judges whose names were notified on Tuesday are S Ramathilagam, R Tharani, R Hemalatha and T Krishnavalli, all promoted from subordinate judiciary.
Ramathilagam is currently the Chief Judge at Puducherry, Tharani, Principal District Judge of Madurai district, Krishnavalli, Chairman of Permanent Lok Adalat at Madurai and Hemalatha, District Judge at Karur.
The other two judges who have been appointed are R Pongiappan and P Rajamanickam. Rajamanickam is the Registrar (Judicial) of the High Court and R Pongiappan is the Principal District Judge at Coimbatore.