Bengaluru, July 31 -- In a courtroom where the Bench and the Bar have traditionally been dominated by men, the Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court is set to turn a new page on Saturday, with women taking charge of both sides of the courtroom in a landmark judicial sitting.
For the first time in Karnataka, women judges will preside over specially constituted benches while an all-women team of government law officers, led by Additional Advocate General Pratima Honnapur, will argue every case on behalf of the State before them.
The unique initiative, scheduled for August 1, is being hailed as a defining moment for gender representation in the higher judiciary, symbolising how women have moved from the margins to the mainstream of India...