Karnataka High Court’s all-women sitting to have only women judges, law officers

2 min readBengaluruJul 30, 2026 08:13 PM IST The Karnataka High Court’s Dharwad bench has three division benches and four single benches.(Image generated using AI)The office of Karnataka’s advocate-general has decided that only women law officers will represent the state government before the Karnataka High Court’s Dharwad bench on August 1, when only women judges will preside over it. Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty issued a notification on Thursday regarding the allotment of work to government advocates for the special sitting of women judges. The law officers will travel to Dharwad on Friday.The law officers who will appear before the bench include Additional Government Advocate Nandini Somapur, Pramodhini Kishan, Savithramma, Sunita Sequeria, B P Radha, Mamatha Shetty, Mala B Bhoo