India, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court has directed all States and High Courts to provide exclusive bar rooms for women advocates, equipped with washrooms and basic amenities, in district, sub-divisional and taluka courts wherever women lawyers practise, irrespective of their numbers.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the facilities must be made available wherever women advocates practise and stressed that the mandate should be implemented without dilution.

"This is the mandate. We don't want to deviate from that," the CJI said while hearing the matter in Sarika Tyagi v. Union of India.

The court directed States to provide the necessary funds and land wherever required, while asking High Court infrastructure committ...