<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">A parliamentary panel has recommended that the strength of women judges be raised to 50 per cent of the total strength of judges.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice headed by Bhupender Yadav presented its report in Parliament to this effect today.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It called up the Centre to request the State Governments to introduce quota for women in law universities and subordinate judiciary.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Committee desired that all Benches of the higher judiciary should be reflective of the country's social diversity.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Committee underlines that in States, such as Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Assam, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand have introduced up to 35 percent reservations for women in the subordinate judiciary.</div>