Archive · 30 Jul 2026
Karnataka High Court All-Women Sitting Features Women Judges and Lawyers
The Karnataka High Court in Dharwad is having a special meeting on August 1 where only women judges will sit.
Only women lawyers from the state will represent the government.
The court’s top lawyer, Shashi Kiran Shetty, sent a notice to assign these women lawyers.
The list includes many named women who will travel to Dharwad for the session.
This event shows the court’s effort to highlight women in the legal system.
Karnataka High Court Dharwad bench will hold an all-women sitting on August 1.
Only women judges will preside over the special session.
Only women law officers will represent the state government in the sitting.
Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty issued a notification assigning government advocates for the event.
The appointed government advocates include Nandini Somapur, Pramodhini Kishan, Savithramma, and others.
- Who
- Karnataka High Court, Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty, women judges and law officers
- What
- An all-women sitting with only women judges and government law officers
- When
- August 1, 2024
- Where
- Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court
- Why
- To conduct a special session featuring only women in judicial and legal roles
- Court
- Karnataka High Court Dharwad bench
- Date of sitting
- August 1, 2024
- Judges
- All women
- Law officers
- All women
- Notification issued by
- Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty