Abhineet Maurya

Research Associate

abhineet.maurya@clpr.org.in

Abhineet holds a B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University, Delhi (2025), and previously worked as a Criminal Justice Student Fellow at The Square Circle Clinic (formerly Project 39A). His research is primarily in legal and political philosophy and socio-legal studies

He is interested in how social, political, and legal institutions shape human agency, and how these institutions can be engaged to advance human dignity and substantive equality. He is drawn to CLPR’s engagement with the institutions that shape political and legal life, and hopes to contribute research that deepens understanding of how these institutions function in practice and identifies ways they can be meaningfully improved.

Blog

BLOG | How Many Women Advocates are Practicing in our Higher Courts? (Part-I)

October 6, 2026

The higher judiciary in India has a women’s representation problem. As of 1 June 2026, only 14.6% of the judges in the High Courts (“HCs”) were women. The argument for equal representation of women in the higher judiciary, is made so that the judiciary reflect the society and be representative of the gender and caste diversity in our country today.