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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. In this passionate talk, she discusses the experiences that motivated her to defend the property rights and financial independence of women in a patriarchal society like India's.
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 wa...
Leila Seth was the first woman to top the bar examinations in London, in 1957. ... This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but ...
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Leila Seth Leila Seth was the first woman to top the Bar examinations in London in 1957. Thereafter she practiced in Patna, Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Delhi. She was the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become chief justice of a state in India.
May 29, 2015 · The point of Seth’s talk at the first-ever TEDxGatewayWomen on Friday wasn’t just about her own struggle. She linked it to dowry and women’s status in India, adding that many need to assert ...
Leila Seth 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.
