Law Minister, Mr. Kiren Rijiju informed Lok Sabha that as per the information provided by the respective State Bar Councils, the details of Women lawyers enrolled in the country and their percentage to the total number of lawyers is 15.31%.
He replied to an Unstarred Question related to the number of women lawyers and their percentage of total number of lawyers present in the country.
The State having highest number of women advocate enrollments are as follows:
|
S. No. |
State |
No. of enrollment |
Percentage of enrollment |
|
1 |
Meghalaya |
487 |
59.31 |
|
2 |
Manipur |
609 |
36.33 |
|
3 |
Maharashtra & Goa |
66980 |
34.99 |
|
4 |
Kerala |
16070 |
27.86 |
|
5 |
Gujarat |
26568 |
25.69 |
Out of 1857623 lawyers, 284507 are female lawyers which resulted into 15.31%.
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