M Fathima Beevi
It was in 1989, 39 years after the setting up of the Supreme Court in 1950, that Justice M Fathima Beevi was appointed a judge in the highest court in the land and she was the first one as female.
only six women have been appointed to the supreme court of India till date these are -
Justice M Fathima Beevi
Justice Sujata V Manohar
Justice Ruma Pal
Justice Gyan Sudha Misra
Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
Justice Banumathi