The proportion of women judges in the Madras High Court jumped from 12.96% to 18.33% on December 1 as four more women judges were sworn in on Friday along with two male colleagues. This increased representation may get a fillip if more women judges are recommended to fill the 15 vacancies in the MHC whose working strength is of 60 judges. TN Advocate General Vijay Narayan has pointed out that the Madras High Court was the second High Court in the country, after the Bombay High Court, to have as many as 11 women judges, even though the latter had a much higher working strength of 73 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 91 judges. As Chief Justice Manjula Chellur of the Bombay High Court is due to retire on Tuesday, the Madras High Court would then achieve the distinction of being the only court with such a high complement of women judges. Even the Allahabad High Court has only six women judges, as against its working strength of 109 judges and sanctioned strength of 160 judges.