A photograph of Justice Sujata Vasant Manohar is present in several scenes of Batti Gul Meter Chalu [2018, dir. Shree Narayan Singh].
As a Lawyer, Justice Manohar took Commercial Cases along with Family Disputes, as a part of the Legal Aid schemes. She also handed substantial amount of Public Interest Litigation and did a lot of Pro-Bono Work. Remarkably, Justice Manohar worked for around 30 Non-Government Organizations without charging any fee. In 1978, after 20 years of practice, she was appointed as the First Woman Judge of the Bombay High Court.