Sarika Tyagi & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.

ITEM NO.38 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 770/2026

SARIKA TYAGI & ORS. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 272115/2026 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T., IA No. 183464/2026 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION and IA No. 212803/2026 - INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

Date : 26-10-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE V. MOHANA

For Petitioner(s) : Dr. Monika Gusain, Sr. Adv. Mr. C. Solomon- 3705, AOR Mr. Arjun, Adv. Mr. Hariom, Adv. Ms. Sarika Tyagi, petitioner-in-person
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mrs. Aishwarya Bahti, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker- 2357, AOR Ms. Aastha Singh, Adv. Mrs. Disha Thakkar, Adv. Mrs. Indira Bhakkar, Adv. Mr. R. Venkatramani, Attorney General Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR Mr. Chitvan Singhal, Adv. Ms. Ameyavikrama Thanvi, Adv. Mr. Kartikay Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kr. Pandey, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Mr. Dammalapati Srinivas, Advocate General Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar- 2788, AOR Ms. Prerna Singh, Adv. Ms. Vanshika Singh, Adv. Mr. Indraneel Chowdhury, Advocate General Ms. Eliza Barr, Adv. Mr. Govind Sharma, Adv. Mr. Saanil Patnayak, Adv. Ms. Akansha- 4029, AOR Ms. Aditi Tripathi- 3192, AOR Mr. Udayan Sinha, Adv. Mr. Vivek Sharma, A.G. Mr. Apoorv Kurup, A.A.G. Ms. Ankita Sharma- 3833, AOR Mr. Arjun D Singh, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Kumari, Adv. Ms. Gargi Vishwakarma, Adv. Mr. Kamlendra Mishra- 1367, AOR Mr. Vinod Kumar, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv. Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv. Mr. Krishna Pandey, Adv. Ms. Aditi Mishra, Adv. Mr. Kamal Trivedi, Advocate General Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka- 2618, AOR Mr. Vinay Vishen, Adv. Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Samar Vijay Singh- 2093, AOR Mr. Sumit Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajat Sangwan, Adv. Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv. Mr. Harsh Mehla, Adv. Ms. Sabarni Som, Adv. Mr. Anup Kumar Rattan, Advocate General Mr. Vaibhav Srivastava, A.A.G. Mr. Shivendra Dwivedi, A.A.G. Mr. Punit Rajia, A.A.G. Mr. Vivek Singh- 1761, AOR Ms. Onmichon Ramrar, Adv. Ms. Saumya Saraswat, Adv. Mr. Ayush Gupta, Adv. Ms. Astha Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Vikas Bansal, Adv. Mr. Anando Mukherjee- 2500, AOR Mr. Shwetank Singh, Adv. Ms. Riya Dhingra, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Anand, Adv. Mr. Aman Panwar, A.A.G. Mr. Rajesh Gulab Inamdar- 3386, AOR Mr. Shashwat Anand, Adv. Ms. Rakshita Singh, Adv. Mr. Zulfiker Ali P. S- 2055, AOR Mr. Manish Sindwani, Adv. Ms. Anna Oommen, Adv. Ms. Lebina Baby, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande- 3259, AOR Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Shrirang B. Varma, Adv. Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Ms. Chitransha Singh Sikarwar, Adv. Mr. Lenin Singh Hijam, Adv. Gen, Adv. Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Shamra, Adv. Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv. Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. K.N. Balgopal, Adv. Generals Ms. Nitya Nambiar, Adv. Ms. K. Enatoli Sema- 1960, AOR Mr. Yash Bhushan Aggarwal, Adv. Ms. Lungnim A Shishak, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Ms. Yanmi Phazang, Adv. Mr. Mohd Irshad, A.A.G. Mr. Karan Sharma- 3081, AOR Mr. Shiv Mangal Sharma, A.A.G. Mr. Saurabh Rajpal- 3577, AOR Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Basava Prabhu S Patil, Adv. Gen. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar- 2516, AOR Mr. Aakash Thakur, Adv. Mr. Samarth Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Arijeet Shukla, Adv. Mr. Nalin Talwar, Adv. Mr. B. Karunakaran- 3845, AOR Ms. Azka Sheikh Kalia, Adv. Mr. A. Sudershan Reddy, Advocate General Ms. Devina Sehgal- 2691, AOR Mr. Srikanth Varma Mudunuru, Adv. Mr. Yatharth Kansal, Adv. Mr. Chinmoy Sharma, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy- 1672, AOR Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Irfan Hasieb, Adv. Mr. Vijay Deora, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra, Advocate General Mr. Vikrant Rana, A.A.G. Ms. Tulika Mukherjee- 2201, AOR Mr. Manu Malik, Adv. Mr. Beenu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Venkat Narayan, Adv. Ms. Jyotsna Singh, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey- 1601, AOR Mr. S N Babulkar Sr Adv, Advocate General Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Ms. Ambika Atrey, Adv. Mr. Navneet Gupta, Adv. Mr. Nishant Awana- 4068, AOR Mr. Bhavesh Yadav, Adv. Mr. Suraj Kundu, Adv. Mr. Amogh Pandey, Adv. Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal- 909, AOR Ms. Swati Ghildiyal- 3169, AOR Ms. Sonakshi Sinha, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Anand, Adv. Mr. Yashvardhan, Adv. Mr. Apoorv Shukla- 2830, AOR Ms. Prabhleen A. Shukla, Adv. Mr. Divyakant Lahoti- 2188, AOR Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Soni, Adv. Ms. Shubheksha Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sudhakar Deshmukh, AOR Mr. Nishant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ankur Savadikar, Adv. Mr. Kartik Sharma, Adv. Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv. Mr. Varij Nayan Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nidhi Mittal- 3800, AOR Mrs. Divyansh Nigam, Adv. Mr. Tirupati Gaurav Shahi, Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR Ms. Gunjan Rathore, Adv. Ms. Shivangi Gulati, Adv. Ms. Aastha Harshwal, Adv. Mr. V. Sarvesh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Areeb Husain, Adv. Mr. P. I. Jose- 1206, AOR Mr. Jose Augustine, Adv. Mr. Md Rafiur Rahman, Adv. Mr. S Manoj, Adv. Mr. Sarbartha Ghosal, Adv. Mr. Ritesh Kumar Gupta, Adv. Ms. Manisha Ambwani- 2394, AOR Ms. Vandana Sehgal- 1801, AOR Mr. Mohit Yadav, Adv. Mr. Abhikalp Pratap Singh- 2878, AOR Ms. Kashish Jain, Adv. Mr. Aryan Ahmed, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Garg, Adv. Mr. Ninad Laud, Adv. Ms. Narain Rashika Ashok- 4322, AOR Ms. K. V. Bharathi Upadhyaya- 1589, AOR Ms. Pritama, Adv. Mr. Sufyan Hasan, Adv. Mr. Harshad V. Hameed- 2127, AOR Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv. Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv. Mr. Prasun S., Adv. Mr. Mahabir Singh, Adv. Mr. Praveen Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari- 2828, AOR Mr. Siddhant Saroha, Adv. Mr. Shravil Budkulia, Adv. Mr. Kanishk Bhatt, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Henry, Adv. Mr. Ahanthem Rohen Singh, Adv. Mr. Mohan Singh, Adv. Mr. Aniket Rajput, Adv. Ms. Khoisnam Nirmala Devi, Adv. Mr. Yeshu Mehta, Adv. Mr. Tanay Hegde, Adv. Mr. Kumar Mihir- 2116, AOR Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Ms. Anamika Mishra, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra- 2456, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Shlok Luthra, Adv. Mr. Shantanu Sagar- 2058, AOR Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv. Mr. Gunjesh Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Prakash Kumar Mangalam, Adv. Mr. Manoneet Dwivedi, Adv. Mrs. Divya Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ankur Agraj, Adv. Ms. Ishani Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Pranav Gupta- 4058, AOR Mr. Avneesh Arputham- 2627, AOR Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv. Mr. B. Shravanth Shanker- 2815, AOR Ms. Grahita Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kunal, Adv. Mr. I.V. Sai Nikhil, Adv. Ms. Prerna Robin, Adv. Mr. Dandu Laxman, Adv. Mr. Tushar Gadia, Adv. Mr. Suryansh Jamwal, Adv. Mr. B. Yeshwanth Raj, Adv. Mr. Amit Sharma- 1781, AOR Ms. Vanshaja Shukla, AOR Mr. Siddhant Yadav, Adv. Ms. Radhika Gautam- 2287, AOR Mr. Prashant Kumar, Sr. Adv. Dr. Anindita Pujari, Sr. Adv. Ms. Rachna Srivastava, Sr. Adv. Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, Adv. Mr. Shaileshwar Yadav, Adv. Mr. J.s. Marahatta, Adv. Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, Adv. M/S. Mukesh Kumar Singh And Co.- 2589, AOR Mr. Pradeep Kumar Rai, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ali Mohd Magrey, Sr. Adv. Mr. N Pradeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. Virendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Vinay Kumar Rai, Adv. Mrs. Rajshree Rai, Adv. Ms. Modoyia Kayina, Adv. Mr. Dhruva Kumar, Adv. Mr. Deepak, Adv. Mr. Paras Chauhan, Adv. M/S. R And R Law Associates- 2851, AOR Mr. Aravindh S.- 2008, AOR Ms. Anika Bansal, Adv. Ms. Jayna Kothari, Sr. Adv. Ms. Aparna Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Akansha Mewara, Adv. M/S. Radiam Law- 3101, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Z.H. Isaac Haiding, Adv. Mr. Daniel Stone Lyngdoh, Adv. Ms. Marbiang Khongwir, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

[NyayVidhan note: this order is recorded in the record of proceedings; there is no separate signed order. Paragraphs 1-7 carry the Court's numbers. The lists of counsel are given on one line for each side; the digital-signature block (dated 30.10.2026) and page numbers are left out.]

[Source: Supreme Court of India, api.sci.gov.in — order dated 26 October 2026.]

O R D E R

1. In deference to the previous orders passed by this Court, 16 States and High Courts are reported to have filed compliance reports. Some more parties have handed over their status reports and compliance affidavits in Court.

2. At the outset, the learned Attorney General for India states that he is in regular communication with the various States and Union Territories through their respective Advocates General or Standing Counsel. He proposes to place on record a comprehensive report compiling the amenities and facilities that each State Government, Union Territory Administration, and High Court has provided and is required to provide to women members of the Bar, in accordance with the directions already issued by this Court.

3. We further emphasise that all State Governments/UTs and High Courts are obligated to ensure that, wherever women members of the Bar practise in District Courts and Sub-Divisional (Taluka) Courts, a separate and exclusive Women's Bar Room must be provided, irrespective of their strength. The space so provided may be proportionate to the number of women members of the Bar and shall include basic amenities, such as washrooms. Accordingly, we direct all State Governments/UT Administrations to allocate the necessary funds and land, as may be required. Furthermore, the respective ‘Building and Infrastructure Committees’ of the High Courts are directed to address this issue as a priority and see to the requisite facilities being established in all District Courts and Taluka Courts.

4. We have also impressed upon the learned Advocates General for all States and the Standing Counsel for the Union Territories to submit their progress reports to the office of the learned Attorney General for India to enable him to compile and submit the same before this Court.

5. It goes without saying that the pattern of basic amenities and facilities should preferably be uniform across all States and Union Territories.

6. Learned senior counsel for the petitioners as well as the intervenors shall be at liberty to give their suggestions to the learned Attorney General for India. If such suggestions pertain to any State-specific matters, we request the learned Attorney General to refer the same to the Advocate General concerned, who shall then take up the matter with the State Government and ensure adequate compliance with the directions of this Court.

7. List on 02.12.2026.

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