Laws are in place for women’s justice; implementation is the challenge, says Supreme Court judge Nagarathna

India has largely established the necessary legal framework to ensure justice for women, but it continues to fall short in the effective implementation of the justice delivery system, said B.V. Nagarathana, a judge of the Supreme Court here on Saturday.“We continue to need a theme called ‘justice for women’, because the law’s promise is almost complete, but its delivery remains inadequate,” she said while addressing the inaugural session of a two-day South Zone conference on judges, judicial officers, and law practitioners on ‘Justice for Women’, organised jointly by the National Commission for Women (NCW), the High Court of Karnataka (HCK), and the Karnataka Judicial Academy.“Undertaking the more arduous of tasks in creating changes in mindsets, societal attitudes, and practises can only