Former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Senior Advocate Vikas Singh has written an open letter to Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud asking him to bring 33% Quoto for women in Higher Judicary.

Giving statistics, Singh said that the high courts of Patna. Uttarakhand. Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur don't have a single woman judge, and there are 103 woman judges in the remaining 20 HC's as against 670 male judges.

He referred to the recent 128th Constitution Amendment Bill in passed in Parliament for reserving one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women.

He urged the CJI to implement a credible procedure for appointing judges to high courts and the Supreme Court, with women filling one-third of the vacancies.

He said in the letter that "With a historic unanimous passing of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam by Parliament, it is indeed a moment for the judiciary to also rise to the occasion to ensure that India. finally moves towards an era of women-led development".

The letter said while Parliament has taken the initiative to address the unbalance in legislature by amending the Constitution, it is an opportune time for the judiciary, which determines its own method of appointment, to provide for reservation for women

"Sir, you will appreciate that the Higher Judiciary is the equally placed forum where similar reforms should be implemented to ensure a greater participation of women." he said in the letter

Statistics show that women are underrepresented in the upper judiciary. Singh stated. India has been independent for over 76 years. It is sad that just 11 women have been elevated as Supreme Court Judges out of the 270 Judges appointed to this respected institution, accounting for only 4% of total appointees to date." Singh stated in his letter to the Chief Justice of India.

Presently there are three women judges int he Supreme Court as against strength of 34 judges.