“There is a case to be argued for what we [women] have lived and hence, a case to be argued for diversity on the Bench..,” said retired Madras High Court judge Prabha Sridevan in Alliance Française of Madras, Chennai, on Saturday.
She was speaking at a panel discussion on the Idea of Gender Justice in India, as part of the India@100 series organised by The Indian Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD), under the aegis of the School of Excellence in Law, Chennai. She recalled how after passing a judgment on the requirement for a homemaker’s work to be economically quantified, two male colleagues had called her to wonder why they hadn’t passed such a judgment. “Patriarchy hurts everyone.
Be it a young man who has to find a job or who wants to paint or somebody wanting to dance — everybody is affected by this. Gender justice is a win-win. It is not something to advocate to one gender alone,” said Swarna Rajagopalan, founder of Prajnya, who moderated the session.
Answering a question on the mechanisms to see the progressive agendas set forth by male and women judges, Justice N. Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court, said: “It is very important that women judges get into the system, and diversity be brought about. There are areas that a woman will be able to appreciate more than men, particularly issues relating to women.
So, diversity is very important.” Gender discrimination Madras High Court Justice P.T.
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