BLOG | Sexual Harassment faced by Women Lawyers in High Courts and Supreme Court: Initial Findings of Survey
October 1, 2026
Many factors contribute to the glaring gender gap in the Indian higher judiciary, including an opaque, informal-networks driven appointments process, gender bias, and inflexibility of the profession with respect to the disproportionate familial responsibilities often imposed on women. While these have been studied to varying extents, internationally and in India, a lesser-studied barrier faced by women in the legal profession that prevents them from growing into leadership is that of sexual harassment at the workplace.
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