More women needed in judiciary: Former Attorney General

Former Attorney General of India and Rajya Sabha member K Parasaran has called for more representation for women in legal profession and judicial posts.

Delivering the convocation address at the first annual convocation of the Karnataka State Law University here at the weekend, Parasaran said, compared to other professions, the number of women legal practitioners was minimal in India.

"It is not a happy sign that there aren't enough successful women lawyers at the bar. Since women have other responsibilities, there is a tendency not to pursue legal profession for some reason or other... If we go by the anecdotes of Portia in the west or by our own oriental anecdotes of Panchali and Kannagi, one finds that women have remarkable ability to put forth cogent and convincing arguments to drive home their point. Interesting arguments on women's rights, estoppel, Hindu law among others were made by Panchali. Scholars confess that some of the arguments made by her are unanswerable", he said.