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Apr 30, 2022 · 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.
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During her stint on the Law Commission of India, Leila Seth, the first woman to be appointed to the Delhi High Court as a judge, led a campaign to grant women inheritance rights to ancestral property.
Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court, died of cardiac arrest at her Noida home on Friday night, her family and doctors said. She was 86.
Justice Seth fought diverse cases including on constitutional law, criminal law, and tax matters – unusual for the few women practising at the time. Some of her landmark work includes recommendations to the 15th Law Commission of India, resulting in the amendment of the Hindu Succession Act in 2000, which acknowledged the daughters' right to ...
May 6, 2017 · Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state high court, has died aged 86. In her lifetime, she has headed and chaired numerous judicial and humanitarian institutions.
Advancing justice for all by representing people in need. Advocating for policies that promote social equity and end discrimination. The Justice Leila Seth Fellowship invites lawyers committed to social justice to be part of a community that works to preserve the rights and dignity of all people.
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Sep 12, 2021 · Leila Seth was a remarkable jurist, but equally remarkable was her decision to study law – it was a happy accident. Why She Chose Law. Seth was born in Lucknow in 1930 and studied in Loreto Convent in Darjeeling, West Bengal. Her father, who worked with the railways, died when she was only 11 and Seth started working very early.
