India recently appointed new judges to the top court and some high courts. But the list has very few women.
In September 2021, a photograph from the Indian Supreme Court of then chief justice NV Ramana flanked by his four female colleagues went viral.
This was the highest-ever tally of female judges in the 34-member top court and was hailed as a "historic moment".
Many saw it as a turning point for India's top judiciary and expressed the hope that it would start reversing the skewed gender gap in India's top court.
But four years later, that hope lies in tatters and the Supreme Court is back to being – as lawyer Sneha Kalita described it - "a men's club".
