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Only 3% of High Court judges since 2018 were SC; 1.5% ST: Parliamentary Committee flags 'diversity deficit' in judiciary

The Committee opined that the Supreme Court and High Court Collegiums should recommend an adequate number of women and candidates from marginalized sections for judgeship.
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Only 3% of High Court judges appointed in the last six years belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, while the representation from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community was only 1.5%, a parliamentary committee report has revealed.

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