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Leila Seth (20 October 1930 – 5 May 2017) was an Indian judge who served as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court, on 5 August 1991.
Leila Seth was considered a pioneering legal mind who was appointed the first woman judge of the Delhi HC in 1978. Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court, died of cardiac...
Sep 30, 2023 · On August 5, 1991, Justice Leila Seth became the nation's first woman judge of the Delhi High Court. Born in October 1930 in Lucknow, she made history by becoming the first woman to achieve the top position in the London Bar exam of 1958. Her journey began when she became an advocate in 1959.
Apr 30, 2022 · 2022Apr 30. The late Leila Seth shares how her work as the first woman Chief Justice of a state High Court led to improved property rights for Indian women. This talk was filmed at...
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Sep 12, 2021 · PUBLISHED 12 September 2021. BOOKMARK. Leila Seth had a penchant for ‘firsts’ and she wore each honour with uncommon ease. Seth was the first woman to top the London Bar exams in the ’50s, the first woman judge in the Delhi High Court, first woman senior counsel to practise in the Supreme Court, and the first woman Chief Justice of a high ...
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May 6, 2017 · Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court and member of the Justice J. S. Verma committee that was set up to re-look at rape laws in India after the December 16, 2012 gang rape...
Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court and mother of noted author Vikram Seth, died of cardiac arrest at her Noida residence on Friday night. She was 86. Like her...
