leila seth was the first woman judge to be appointed chief justice of a high court.
leila seth was the first woman judge to be appointed chief justice of a high court.
who was the first woman judge to be appointed chief justice of a high court?
leila seth
leila seth (20 october 1930 – 5 may 2017) was the first woman judge on the delhi high court and she became the first woman to become chief justice of a state high court on 5 august 1991. she sat on a number of enquiry commissions, including one into the death of 'biscuit baron' rajan pillai, and was also a part of the three-member bench of the justice verma committee that was established to overhaul india's rape laws in the aftermath of the infamous 2012 delhi gang-rape case. she was a member of the 15th law commission of india from 1997 to 2000, and was responsible for the amendments to the hindu succession act that gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property.
leila seth
after around 20 years of practice, which included a substantial amount of public interest and pro-bono work, she was appointed a judge of the high court of bombay in 1978, the first woman judge of that court. in january, 1994, she was appointed chief justice of the high court of bombay, the first woman to hold that post. in april, 1994, she was transferred as the chief justice of the kerala high court, again the first woman to hold that post. at the end of 1994 (november), after 16 years as a high court judge, she was appointed as a judge of the supreme court of india, the highest indian court, from which post she retired in 1999.
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