More women judges needed: Justice Rasheed

October 01, 2014 11:20 am | Updated April 18, 2016 09:06 pm IST - KOCHI

Justice Harun-Ul-Rasheed, who is to retire on October 4, at a reference given by the High Court on Tuesday. PHOTO: VIPIN CHANDRAN

Justice Harun-Ul-Rasheed, who is to retire on October 4, at a reference given by the High Court on Tuesday. PHOTO: VIPIN CHANDRAN

: Justice Harun-Ul-Rasheed of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday called for appointment of more women judges at the Kerala High Court.

Replying to a reference given to the Judge, who is to retire on October 4, he said that out of 2,500 High Court lawyers around 600 were women; and 123 out of the 466 presiding officers in the subordinate and higher judiciary were women.

Therefore, it was very important to have more women judges at the High Court.

The Judge also said that undue delay in delivering judgments was detrimental to the judiciary. Judgments should be pronounced in time as far as possible to help the needy, he said.

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