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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. She was also the first woman to be designated as a senior counsel by the Supreme Court of India.
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- Prem Nath Seth
- P. C. B. Menon
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May 07, 2017 09:58 AM IST. 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...
Mar 8, 2022 · Justice M. Fathima Beevi began her journey to the Supreme Court from a small village in Kerala. She was born on 30 April 1927, in Pathanamthitta town in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore in Kerala in pre-Independence India. Born to Annaveetil Meera Sahib and Khadeeja Beevi, she was the eldest of eight siblings.
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Mar 11, 2023 · On October 6, 1989, M Fathima Beevi, a quiet woman from a village in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, made history when she became the first woman in Asia to become a Judge of the Supreme Court. A ...
Nov 23, 2023 · Justice M Fathima Beevi, born in Travancore in 1927, was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court and later the Governor of Tamil Nadu. She was an inspiration for women, breaking the 'glass ceiling' and addressing gender imbalance in the legal profession. Beevi's father encouraged her to pursue law instead of pursuing an MSc in Chemistry, leading to her receiving the Travancore Bar Council ...
Nov 24, 2023 · 3 min read. KOLLAM/CHENNAI: Justice M Fathima Beevi, a pioneering figure in the country’s judicial history and the first woman judge of the Supreme Court, passed away in Kollam on Thursday. She ...
May 6, 2017 · IANS. Published on : 06 May 2017, 11:59 am. Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in making of the tough anti-rape law five years ago, died in...
