Supreme Court constitutes all-women Bench to hear transfer petitions

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted an all-women bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail matters on Thursday.
 

This is the third occasion in the history of the apex court that an all-women bench has been constituted.
 

The two-judge bench is currently sitting in Court number 11 of the top court.
 

The bench has 32 matters listed before it, starting with 10 transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and followed by 10 bail matters.
 

The first all-women bench was set up in 2013 when a bench of