Justice R Banumathi
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2012 Delhi gangrape case: Supreme Court refuses to entertain Mukesh Singh's plea claiming he wasn't in Delhi at time of crime
•The Supreme Court refused to entertain the plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four death-row convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, challenging the Delhi High Court order which rejected his claim that he was not in the city at the time of crime
SC Justice R Banumathi faints while dictating order in 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case, taken for medical treatment
•Justice AS Bopanna, while rising, said that the order in the matter will be passed in-chamber
Sexual harassment allegations against CJI: SC in a spot for excluding itself from POSH, prioritising on in-house procedure
Shishir Tripathi •Ironically, with the stoke of a definition of the “aggrieved women” in the POSH Act that the Supreme Court adopted, it excluded itself from this Act.
With swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, Supreme Court now has three sitting women judges for first time in its history
•With the swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court will for the first time in its history have three sitting women judges. Justice Banerjee is the eighth woman judge in the Supreme Court since Independence.
Indu Malhotra's potential appointment to SC is historic, but lack of gender diversity in judiciary worrisome
Deya Bhattacharya •Indu Malhotra’s potential appointment, while nothing short of historic, reveals a deeply ingrained issue in the judiciary — the lack of gender diversity.
NCW chief miffed over absence of woman judge in SC bench hearing triple talaq issue
•New Delhi: National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam questioned the absence of a woman in the Supreme Court bench hearing the triple talaq issue.
2012 Delhi gangrape verdict: Did Supreme Court rely too much on 'collective conscience'?
Sauravdatta •It is the first time that the court was dealing with a case where there were four offenders instead of one, where they collectively raped.
Supreme Court gets 4 new judges including senior advocate Uday Lalit
Fp Archives •Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, Justice R. Banumathi, Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant and senior advocate Uday Umesh Lalit on Wednesday became the judges of the Supreme Court.