Historic Appointment to the Supreme Court - V. Mohana

June 3 , 2026 15 hrs 0 min 108 0

Senior Advocate V. Mohana has been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
She is only the second woman in India's history to be directly elevated from the Bar to the Supreme Court, after Indu Malhotra.
She is the first woman from Tamil Nadu to be directly elevated from the Bar to the Supreme Court.
She becomes the 12th woman judge in the history of the Supreme Court of India.
With her appointment, the Supreme Court will have two serving women judges—V. Mohana and B. V. Nagarathna.
Justice B. V. Nagarathna is expected to become India's first woman Chief Justice in 2027.
M. Fathima Beevi was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court, appointed in 1989.