query: first woman chief justice of a high court in india

pos: Leila Seth 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

pos: Leila Seth 1977, she was designated as a senior advocate by the Supreme Court. In 1978, Leila Seth became the Judge of the Delhi High Court, breaking the glass ceiling by becoming the first woman to do so. Her career continued to rise as she became the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, again the first woman to be the Chief Justice of a State High Court. Leila Seth chaired various judicial and humanitarian institutions. She was a member of the 15th Law Commission of India from 1997 to 2000, during which time she spearheaded the campaign to give daughters inheritance

neg: Sujata Manohar 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. As a judge, she took a strongly independent stance, defending the rule of law

neg: Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (Hindi: कान्ता भटनागर - 13 August 2011) was a judge and human rights activist in India. Bhatnagar was the first woman to become a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and was the first chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission. Bhatnagar worked as a judge in Rajasthan in 1968. She became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in June 1992. She was the first woman to serve as chief justice of that court and held that post for around five months. Bhatnagar became the first chair of the Rajasthan

neg: K. K. Usha K. K. Usha K. K. Usha (born 3 July 1939) is a former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, India. K. K. Usha enrolled as an advocate in 1961. She was appointed Government pleader in the Kerala High Court in 1979. She was a judge and then Chief Justice in the high court from 25 February 1991 to 3 July 2001. She was the Chief Justice from 2000 to 2001. She was the first woman to join the high court from the bar and to become a Chief Justice. After retiring from the high court, from 2001 to 2004

neg: G. Rohini G. Rohini G. Rohini was the Chief justice of Delhi High Court. On 21 April 2014, she became the first woman chief Justice of the Delhi high court. Previously, she was the judge at Andhra Pradesh High Court. She retired as the Chief justice of Delhi High Court on 13.04.2017 on attaining superannuation. Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice in her place. G. Rohini was born on 14 April 1955 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. She completed her bachelor's degree in science at Osmania University and law at Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam. She

neg: Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur (born 5 December 1955) is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4 December 2017. Chellur was born in Karnataka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allum Sunmangalamma Women's College, Bellary, and went on to earn her law degree from Renukacharya Law College, Bangalore. In 1977 the Supreme Court of India sponsored her

neg: Rekha Doshit Rekha Doshit Rekha Manharlal Doshit was the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. The current chief justice is L. Narasimha Reddy. Doshit was born on 13 December 1952 in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. She graduated in Bombay University in Bachelor of Science and Law from Sir L.A. Shah Law College, Ahmedabad. She started her career as an advocate in 1977. In 1995, she was appointed as judge at Gujarat High Court. On 21 June 2010, Doshit was promoted to the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, and thus became the first woman Chief Justice

neg: Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar State Human Rights Commission in 2000. She died at age 81 of a heart attack in Udaipur on 13 August 2011. Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (Hindi: कान्ता भटनागर - 13 August 2011) was a judge and human rights activist in India. Bhatnagar was the first woman to become a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and was the first chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission. Bhatnagar worked as a judge in Rajasthan in 1968. She became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in June 1992. She was the first woman to serve as

neg: Supreme Court of India Hegde, R. F. Nariman, U. U. Lalit, L. Nageswara Rao and Indu Malhotra—have been appointed to the supreme court directly from the bar (i.e. who were practising advocates). The supreme court saw its first woman judge when Justice M. Fathima Beevi was sworn into office in 1989. The seventh and the most recent woman judge in the court is Justice Indu Malhotra. In 1968, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah became the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. In 2000, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the "dalit" community. In 2007 he also became the first "dalit" Chief Justice of

neg: Indira Banerjee was enrolled as an advocate on 5 July 1985 and practised before the Calcutta High Court. Indira Banerjee was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the Delhi High Court with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and assumed charge on 5 April 2017. Justice Banerjee succeeded Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, after he was elevated to the Supreme Court of India. She is the second woman to head the chartered

neg: Indira Banerjee High Court, after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar who headed the Court between June and November 1992. Indira Banerjee Justice Indira Banerjee is presently a Judge in the Supreme Court of India, the 8th female Judge in history and the 3rd female Judge of the Supreme Court of India at present. She was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, the second woman to hold the postition in India. before being elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She did her schooling at the Loreto House in Kolkata. She

neg: Mohammad Hidayatullah of a High Court. In November 1956, he was then appointed as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. On 1 December 1958, he was elevated as a justice to the Supreme Court of India. In his time he was the youngest judge of the Supreme Court of India. After serving as a judge for nearly 10 years, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of India on 28 February 1968 – becoming the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. He retired from this position on 16 December 1970. During his term as the Chief Justice of India, the

neg: Patna High Court February 1916. Hon. Sir Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Starting 18 April 2015, the Patna High Court has planned year long centenary celebrations of 100 years of establishment and the occasion was inaugurated by the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee chaired by the Governor of Bihar Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi and Chief Justice of India, Justice Mr.H. L. Dattu and the Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice Mr.L. Narasimha Reddy Chronology Former Puisne Judges of the Court include: Sir John Bucknill (1920-1926), former Chief Justice of the Straits

neg: R. Banumathi Madras High Court. She dealt with the case on banning "Jallikattu" or bull hugging sport. In November 2013, she was transferred to the Jharkhand High Court and was appointed Chief Justice of that court at the same time. In August 2014, she was elevated to the Supreme Court of India after her name had been recommended for the post by the collegium headed by then Chief Justice of India, R M Lodha. She is only the second woman sessions judge to rise to the country's highest court. R. Banumathi R. Banumathi (born 20 July 1955) is a judge of the

neg: Administration in Bihar of India, Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst. The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy on 3 February 1916. Hon. Sir Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court. This High Court has given two Chief Justices of India: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, the 6th C.J.I., and Hon. Mr. Justice Lalit Mohan Sharma, the 24th C.J.I.. Hon. The Chief Justice Mr. Rajendra Menon is the current Chief Justice of Patna High Court. He assumed his office on 15 March 2017. Bihar is one of

neg: Chief Justice of Australia Chief Justice of Australia The Chief Justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. The incumbent is Susan Kiefel, who is the first woman to hold the position. The office of Chief Justice of the High Court is established under section 71 of the Australian Constitution, which establishes the High Court as consisting of a Chief Justice and at least two other Justices. The Court was constituted by, and its first members were appointed under, the Judiciary Act 1903, with the first appointments to the

neg: Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania (born 18 November 1927) was the 23rd Chief Justice of India, serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992. He was born in Bombay. His uncle was Harilal J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India. He began his legal career in 1964, and was appointed as a Judge of Bombay High Court in November-1971. In June 1986 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. In May 1987, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became the Chief Justice of

neg: Supreme Court of Pakistan Court, these new high courts had the distinctionary powers of being the highest Courts for all cases. The Federal Court had wide range of jurisdictions to resolve disputes between the provinces, presidencies, and the British government of India, often hearing appeals against judgements of the High Courts. After the independence of Pakistan as an aftermath of British partition of India in 1947, the Federal Court was also partitioned between India and Pakistan as Justice Sir Harilal Kania became the first Chief Justice of India and Justice Sir Abdul Rashid becoming the first Chief Justice of Pakistan. While the tradition of

neg: Indira Banerjee Indira Banerjee Justice Indira Banerjee is presently a Judge in the Supreme Court of India, the 8th female Judge in history and the 3rd female Judge of the Supreme Court of India at present. She was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, the second woman to hold the postition in India. before being elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She did her schooling at the Loreto House in Kolkata. She pursued her higher education at the Presidency College, Kolkata and Calcutta University's College of Law. She

neg: Madhukar Hiralal Kania India in December 1991. Madhukar Hiralal Kania Madhukar Hiralal Kania (born 18 November 1927) was the 23rd Chief Justice of India, serving from 13 December 1991 until his retirement on 17 November 1992. He was born in Bombay. His uncle was Harilal J. Kania, the first Chief Justice of India. He began his legal career in 1964, and was appointed as a Judge of Bombay High Court in November-1971. In June 1986 he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. In May 1987, he was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became

neg: Gauhati High Court conferred by the "Government of India Act 1935", the Governor General of India on 1 March 1948 promulgated the "Assam High Court Order, 1948", establishing the High Court of Assam. It was inaugurated on 5 April 1948 by H. J. Kania, the Chief Justice of India. Sir R.F. Lodge was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the Assam High Court on the same day. The Assam High Court initially had its sittings at Shillong but shifted to Guwahati on 14 August 1948. Later, when Nagaland state was created on 1 December 1963, the Assam High Court was renamed

neg: Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Kashmir High Court got its first and second woman judges. Sindhu Sharma who was appointed as a Judge and Justice Gita Mittal who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the J&K High Court Justice Gita Mittal was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 11 August 2018. Jammu and Kashmir High Court The Jammu and Kashmir High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was established in the year 1928 by letters patent issued by the Maharaja of Jammu Kashmir. The seat of the

neg: Hemant Gupta was transferred to the Patna High Court on February 2016, thereafter took over the charge of acting chief justice of the Patna High Court after the retirement of Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari on 29 October 2016. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18 March 2017. In November 2018 he became Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Hemant Gupta Hemant Gupta(born 17 October 1957) is a judge of Supreme Court of India and he was also former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He will retire on 16 October 2022. Justice

neg: Indian High Courts Act 1861 one High Court at Guwahati which serves Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. Composition: In every High Court, there is a Chief Justice and many other judges whose number is defined by the President of India. Appointment of the Judges: The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by the President with the consultation of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Governor of the State. The other judges are appointed by the will of President, Governor and the Chief Justice of High Court. Qualifications for the Judges (a) He should be a citizen of India. (b)

neg: Kalpana Rawal run a law firm in Kenya - a move that put her in the long path to being appointed the first female judge of Asian origin by then President Daniel Moi. The remarkable woman from India would serve in the highest court in the land as the deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Her father U.J. Bhatt served as a judge in the Gujarat High Court and her grandfather Jaduram Bhatt who was a law minister. Kalpana was born in 1946 in Bhuj (Kutch), India to Umangilal (U.J) and Anuben Bhatt of Gujrat. When she was born, India was

neg: T. Meena Kumari T. Meena Kumari T. Meena Kumari (born 1951) is a retired high court judge of India. She was the first Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. She previously served as the judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Patna High Court. On her appointment as first Chief Justice of Meghalaya in 2013, she said her first priority would be to set up Fast-Track Courts in the state, as well as to understand the problems of the region and deal with pending cases. However, she was only in post for five months. After her retirement as Meghalaya Chief Justice in August

neg: Gita Mittal 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind awarded Justice Gita Mittal with the Nari Shakti Puruskar, India's highest civilian honour for women. Gita Mittal Honourable Justice Gita Mittal (born 9 December 1958) is the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Justice Gita Mittal was a top lawyer in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She was called to Bench of the Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge on 16th July, 2004. She is first ever female Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She has written extensively on ‘Access to Justice’; protection of human

neg: Manoj Kumar Mukherjee High Court on 12 November 1991 as Chief Justice. Mukherjee became the Chief Justice Bombay High Court in January 1993. He was also appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1993. After retirement Mr. Mukherjee was appointed as the chairperson of Mukherjee Commission in 1999 to inquire into the death of Subhas Chandra Bose. His name was recommended by the then Chief Justice of India. Manoj Kumar Mukherjee Manoj Kumar Mukherjee ( Born: 1 December 1933) was the Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

neg: Uttarakhand High Court Sarosh Homi Kapadia and Jagdish Singh Khehar later went on to become Chief Justice of India. Ramesh Ranganathan is the current Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court. He assumed office on 2 November 2018. There are currently nine sitting judges including the Chief Justice. Following is the list of the current serving judges of the Uttarakhand High Court. Pradeep Pant is the Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court. He Assumed office on 16 August 2018. Uttarakhand High Court The Uttarakhand High Court is the High Court of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The Uttarakhand State was carved

neg: Gita Mittal Gita Mittal Honourable Justice Gita Mittal (born 9 December 1958) is the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Justice Gita Mittal was a top lawyer in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She was called to Bench of the Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge on 16th July, 2004. She is first ever female Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She has written extensively on ‘Access to Justice’; protection of human rights; impact of incarceration on women; corporate social responsibility; death penalty; impact of religion, culture, tradition on judging; corporate laws;

neg: William Comer Petheram William Comer Petheram Sir William Comer Petheram (1835 - 1922) was the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta. He was Knighted in 1884. Petheram was born in 1835 in London. His father was William Petheram of Pinhoe. In 1862 he was qualified as Special Pleader and passed from Middle Temple in 1869. He joined service as Chief Judge of the Chief Court of North-Western Provinces in India. Petheram first served as Chief justice of Allahabad High Court in 1884 to 1886 then became the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 24 March

neg: Markandey Katju Markandey Katju Justice Markandey Katju is the former Chairman, Press Council of India. Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Press Council of India, he served as a Judge at the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court, he had earlier served as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Madras High Court and as acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Markandey Katju was born on 20 September 1946 in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India, in a Kashmiri Pandit family. Katju's family consisted mainly of lawyers who took a keen interest in politics

neg: N. V. Ramana N. V. Ramana Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge in Supreme Court of India. Previously, he was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has also served as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy. He is due to retire on 26 August 2022. With a tenure of 8 years in Supreme Court of India, he is in line to be Chief Justice of India (with effect from 24 April 2021) after superannuation of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde. He was born in an agricultural

neg: Markandey Katju Allahabad High Court in 1991. He was appointed acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court in August 2004, Chief Justice of Madras High Court in November 2004, and Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in October 2005. He was elevated to the Supreme Court of India in April 2006. He retired from this position on 19 September 2011, after serving the Indian judiciary for nearly 40 years. He thereafter served as the Chairman of the Press Council of India for three years. His courtroom was one of the fastest in the Supreme Court disposing of 100-plus matters in a week.

neg: N. V. Ramana also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. N. V. Ramana Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana (born 27 August 1957) is a Judge in Supreme Court of India. Previously, he was the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court and the acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has also served as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy. He is due to retire on 26 August 2022. With a tenure of 8 years in Supreme Court of India, he is in line to be Chief Justice of India (with effect from 24 April 2021) after superannuation of Justice

neg: Bhupinder Nath Kirpal Bhupinder Nath Kirpal Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (B. N. Kirpal) (born November 8, 1937) was the 31st Chief Justice of India, serving from 6 May 2002 until his retirement on 7 November 2002. He began his legal career as an advocate in 1962, and was appointed as a Judge of Delhi High Court in November 1979. In December 1993, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court. In September 1995, he was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in May 2002. Even after retirement as the Chief Justice he

neg: Markandey Katju don't consider cow as mother as it is an animal like horse and dog." Markandey Katju Justice Markandey Katju is the former Chairman, Press Council of India. Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Press Council of India, he served as a Judge at the Supreme Court of India. Before being elevated as a judge to the Supreme Court, he had earlier served as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Madras High Court and as acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Markandey Katju was born on 20 September 1946 in Lucknow, United Provinces, British India, in a Kashmiri Pandit

neg: High Court of Gujarat court is presided by the Chief Justice. They are appointed by President of India under warrant. However, the president is required to consult the Governor of Gujarat and the Chief Justice of India before making such appointment. The Governor of Gujarat administers the oath of office at the time of appointment. All judges of the high court are appointed by the President of India after consulting the Governor of Gujarat, Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Gujarat. They hold constitutional post and there are ample safeguards provided in the constitution to ensure the independence of the judiciary. Any

neg: Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Patil Shivaraj Virupanna Patil (born 12 January 1940) is a retired Indian judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of India between 2000 and 2005. Patil joined the bar in 1962, practising in Hyderabad until the late 1970s. In 1990 he became a judge of the Karnataka High Court, transferring to the Madras High Court in 1994. He served as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from late 1998 until becoming Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court in early 1999. Patil was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of India in March 2000,

neg: Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law professors, including two Fulbright scholars. The present faculty-student ratio is 1:10, one of the lowest among Indian law schools. The school has an impressive list of visiting faculty which includes many eminent personalities in the law and technology field, viz. Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee (former Judge, Supreme Court of India), Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee (former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the Bombay High Court), Justice A.K Ganguly (Sitting Judge, Hon'ble Supreme Court of India), Justice Pratap Ray ( Judge of the Calcutta High Court), Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee (Former Chief Justice, Bombay and Calcutta High Courts), Prof. Mahendra Pal

neg: Qadeeruddin Ahmed Qadeeruddin Ahmed Honourable Justice (retd) Qadeeruddin Ahmed () was a Pakistani jurist, constitutional expert, former Chief Justice of West Pakistan High Court, former Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and former Governor of Sindh province. He was born in 1909 in Delhi, India and died on 23 March 1995. He left behind a widow, two sons and five daughters. Justice Qadeeruddin remained the Chief Justice of the West Pakistan High Court until the end of the one unit. Subsequently, he became the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court and remained in that

neg: Shirley Abrahamson Shirley Abrahamson Shirley S. Abrahamson (born December 17, 1933) is an associate justice and former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She was appointed to the court in 1976 by Governor Patrick Lucey, becoming the first woman to serve on Wisconsin's high court. She served as the only woman on the court from 1976 until 1993. Abrahamson was re-elected to the Supreme Court in 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. She became Chief Justice on August 1, 1996 and served in that capacity until April 29, 2015, when Patience Drake Roggensack was elected to the position. Abrahamson initiated a federal

neg: Ananda Prakash Sen Pradesh High Court and became the permanent Judge in July 1968. During the period of the Emergency he was transferred to the Rajasthan High Court as Acting Chief Justice. In 1978 he also served as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. Justice Sen became the Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17 July 1978 and retired in September 1988 from his judgeship. Justice Sen has refused a farewell for him. This was the first instance in the history of the Supreme court who declined a farewell function. Ananda Prakash Sen Ananda Prakash Sen or A.P. Sen (born:

neg: Navin Sinha transferred to Chhattisgarh High Court on 9 July 2014. Justice Navin Sinha was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on May 14, 2016. Justice Sinha was administered the oath as the 31st chief justice of the Rajasthan High Court by Governor Kalyan Singh. Navin Sinha Navin Sinha is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Sinha had previously served as judge of Patna High Court and Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court. Sinha was born on 19 August 1956. After completing a bachelor's degree in arts, he obtained LL.B. degree. Sinha joined bar

neg: Dipak Misra the Orissa High Court in 1996. The following year, he was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 19 December 1997. In December 2009, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, serving until May 2010, when he was appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on 10 October 2011. Justice Misra had a tenure of thirteen months as chief justice at the Supreme Court after being appointed as the 45th Chief Justice of India on 28 August 2017 until mandatory retirement

neg: Chief Justice of Canada official documents or receiving credentials of newly appointed high commissioners and ambassadors. The current Chief Justice is Richard Wagner, who took office on December 18, 2017, replacing Beverley McLachlin, the first woman to hold this position. Born in Montreal on April 2, 1957, he had been a puisne Supreme Court justice for at the time of his elevation to chief justice. He previously sat on the Quebec Court of Appeal. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1875, the following 18 persons have served as Chief Justice: This graphical timeline depicts the length of each justice's tenure as chief justice:

neg: Koka Subba Rao insisted on having Subbarao as the Special Officer to facilitate the formation of High Court. Automatically he became the Chief Justice. When Sri Venkateswara University was established at Tirupati in 1954, Subbarao became its first Chancellor and remained in the position till the University Act was amended restoring the Chancellorship to the Governor. After tenures as a judge at Madras High Court and a Chief Justice at Andhra Pradesh High Court, he was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on 31 January 1958. He was appointed as Chief Justice of India on 30 June 1966. His most famous judgment was

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice presides over the High Court, but carries only 1 of the 15 votes in the court. Traditionally, the Chief Justice is deemed as "primus inter pares" ("first among equals") among the Justices. Until 1973, only men were appointed as Associate Justices to the Court. Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, an appointee of President Ferdinand Marcos, was the first woman to sit on the Court. Since

neg: M. Jagannadha Rao Additional Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 29 September 1982 and as Permanent Judge on 29 November 1982. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court in August 1991, as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on March 1994 and as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 23 March 1997. He has retired as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 2 December 2000. His son Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao is currently a Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court He was Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Sixteenth Law Commission of India from 2001

neg: Chhattisgarh High Court Chhattisgarh High Court The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of new state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of eighteen. Chhattisgarh High Court Bar Association is the representative body of advocates practicing in

neg: Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud Additional Solicitor General of India until his appointment as a Judge. He became a judge at the Bombay High Court from 29 March 2000 until his appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. During this time, he was also Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy. All through, he practised law at the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. He was Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. He continues to

neg: Arthur Trevor Harries Arthur Trevor Harries Arthur Trevor Harries (? — July 1959) was a British Indian Judge of High Courts of India. He was the Chief Justice of Patna, Lahore and Calcutta High Court. In 1934 Sir Harries became the puisne judge of Allahabad High Court. He served their four years and elevated as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court in 1938. Upon the retirement of sir Douglas Young he became the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court in 1942. In 1946 Sir Harries was transferred to Kolkata and became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court after Sir Harold

neg: H. L. Dattu Karnataka High Court on 18 December 1995. Thereafter, on 12 February 2007; he was elevated as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. On 18 May 2007, he was transferred to head the Kerala High Court. On 5 September 2014, the President of India had appointed Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India, on the recommendation of CJI Lodha. On 28 September 2014, he was sworn in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India. He held the post for a little over a year until his retirement on 2 December 2015, on turning 65 years of age – one of

neg: Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (15 December 1926 – 7 April 2015) was a former judge of Supreme Court of India and retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court who also served as acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court. He was also the first Chairman of the National Pay Commission. Born in a family of Ambalpadi-Udupi, Karnataka, India. Shetty graduated from the St. Aloysius College (Mangalore) in 1951 and later studied law in Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. He also obtained a master's degree in law while practicing as an advocate in the period between 1954

neg: Hrishikesh Roy 15 July 2008. In his career he was the Executive Head of the Assam State Legal Services Authority and nominated as a member of the National Judicial Academic Council presided by the Chief Justice of India. On 29 May 2018 Justice Roy was transferred from the Gauhati High Court to Kerala High Court as the Acting Chief Justice. He became the permanent Chief Justice of the High Court on 8 August 2018 after the retirement of Justice Antony Dominic. Hrishikesh Roy Hrishikesh Roy (born: 1 February 1960) is an Indian judge and present Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. In

neg: K. M. Joseph K. M. Joseph Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph (born 17 June 1958) is judge of Supreme Court of India. Earlier he was the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. Before his appointment as Chief Justice of the High Court of Uttarakhand on 31 July 2014, he had served as a Judge of Kerala High Court for more than 9 years. Joseph was born in Kochi, Kerala, India on 17 June 1958 to Justice K. K. Mathew and Ammini Tharakan. His father K. K. Mathew was a judge of the Supreme Court of India, and chairman of tenth Law Commission. He completed his

neg: Tripura High Court Tripura High Court The Tripura High Court () is the High Court of the state of Tripura. It was established on 23 March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. The seat of the High Court is at Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The first Chief Justice is Justice Deepak Gupta ( 23.3.2013 to 16.5.2016) Earlier, the state of Tripura along with the other six states of the North - East of India was under the Gauhati High Court , a permanent bench of the Gauhati High Court was established in

neg: Colley Harman Scotland of Madras from 1862 to 1871. Colley Harman Scotland Sir Colley Harman Scotland (1818–1903) was the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in India. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1843. He was successor of Sir Henry Davison (Justice) as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras after he died at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. He arrived at Madras on 23 May 1861 and was sworn in on 24 May 1861. He served as the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1861 to 1871. He also served as

neg: Colley Harman Scotland Colley Harman Scotland Sir Colley Harman Scotland (1818–1903) was the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in India. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1843. He was successor of Sir Henry Davison (Justice) as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras after he died at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. He arrived at Madras on 23 May 1861 and was sworn in on 24 May 1861. He served as the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1861 to 1871. He also served as the Vice Chancellor of the University

neg: Madras High Court Constitution of India. It consists of 74 judges and a chief justice who are in charge of the general policy adopted in the administration of justice. In September 2016, the centre government forwarded names of 15 new judges to the President for his signature on their warrants of appointment. Of the 15, nine are from among lawyers and six from the subordinate judiciary. Justice V.K. Tahilramani of the Bombay High Court has been appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court, though she is yet to assume office, after Justice Indira Banerjee was elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

neg: Humchadakatte G. Ramesh Justice Ramesh was upset over being denied a promotion to the Supreme Court of India in favour of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer. In protest, he wrote to the then Chief Justice of India Justice J. S. Khehar stating that "My supersession on ground of giving representation to a minority in the Supreme Court by recommending the name of a judge, who is junior to me, is certainly not correct." Justice Ramesh also said, "I request lordships to deny me the honour of becoming the chief justice of Madras High Court." Justice Indira Banerjee of the High Court of Delhi was

neg: Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur High Court elected by way of direct voting from about 2400 members of the Bar Association and its officials have a term of two years. Chhattisgarh High Court The Chhattisgarh High Court is one of the High Courts in India located at village Bodri, Bilaspur with jurisdiction over the state of Chhattisgarh. It was established on 1 November 2000 with the creation of new state of Chhattisgarh upon the reorganisation of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The High Court of Bilaspur is the 19th High Court of India Justice R. S. Garg was the first acting Chief Justice of

neg: Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice Kaul is a member of various prestigious institutions like Indian International center, India Law Institute, India Habitat Center, Roshanara club amongst others. Theatre, music, Golf & reading, including subjects unrelated to law are amongst his other areas of interest. During his 19-year career, he handled mainly commercial, civil & writ matters in Delhi high court & Supreme court of India. Justice Kaul was appointed additional judge of Delhi high court on 3 May 2001, and was made a permanent judge in 2003. He was also the acting chief justice of Delhi high court in September 2012. He became Chief

neg: Kerala High Court housing the High Court of Kerala was laid on 14 March 1994 by the then Chief Justice of India, Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah. The estimated cost of construction was 10 crore Indian rupees. The construction was completed in 2005 at a cost of 85 crore Indian rupees. The completed High Court building was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Justice Y. K. Sabharwal on 11 February 2006. The new High Court building is equipped with modern amenities like videoconferencing, air conditioned courtrooms, internet, facilities for retrieval of order copies and publishing of the case status via the internet. The

neg: Arthur Trevor Harries Derbyshire. He retired from the post in 1952. Arthur Trevor Harries Arthur Trevor Harries (? — July 1959) was a British Indian Judge of High Courts of India. He was the Chief Justice of Patna, Lahore and Calcutta High Court. In 1934 Sir Harries became the puisne judge of Allahabad High Court. He served their four years and elevated as the Chief Justice of Patna High Court in 1938. Upon the retirement of sir Douglas Young he became the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court in 1942. In 1946 Sir Harries was transferred to Kolkata and became the Chief Justice

neg: Judiciary of India of High Court. The precise territorial jurisdiction of each High Court varies Judges in a high court are appointed by the President after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, Chief Justice of High Court and the governor of the state. The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that High Court, whichever is higher. The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in the country, established

neg: Nishita Nirmal Mhatre Court on 6 January 2012. She was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on 1 December 2016 after the retirement of the Chief Justice Girish Chandra Gupta Nishita Nirmal Mhatre Nishita Nirmal Mhatre was the Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court in India. She joined office on 1 December 2016 and retired as the acting chief justice of the Calcutta High Court on 18 September 2017. During her tenure as the Acting Chief justice, she presided over the high-profile sting operation of the Trinamool Congress leaders popularly known as the Narada case and ordered CBI

neg: Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla the acting Chief Justice two months later. In September 2011, he was named as the Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. On 2 April 2012, he was named to the Supreme Court of India, sworn in by Chief Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia. Justice Kalifulla retired from the Supreme Court of India on 22 July 2016. Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla (born 23 July 1951) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla was born on 23 July 1951, in Karaikudi, Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, India. Kalifulla enrolled as

neg: T. Meena Kumari Pradesh. She is the granddaughter of late violinist Padmashree Venkateswamy Naidu. T. Meena Kumari T. Meena Kumari (born 1951) is a retired high court judge of India. She was the first Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. She previously served as the judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court and Patna High Court. On her appointment as first Chief Justice of Meghalaya in 2013, she said her first priority would be to set up Fast-Track Courts in the state, as well as to understand the problems of the region and deal with pending cases. However, she was only in post for

neg: Indore High Court The then Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Hidayatullah tried his best to keep High Court intact and only at a place. After Hon'ble late Justice P.K. Dixit became the Chief Justice, Bench at Indore resumed its lost dignity. During his tenure Indore Bench was declared a permanent bench by the President of India instead of being a bench established by the powers vested with the Chief Justice. In March 1959, Indore Bench was established in the present building, then the work started here with only 4 Judges. For the first time Hon'ble Shri Justice Newaskar, Hon'ble Shri Krishnan, Hon'ble Shri S.B.

neg: Lahore High Court six puisne justices, and declared the Court's jurisdiction over the Punjab and Delhi provinces. The Government of India Act, 1935 removed the barrier that the Chief Justice must be a Barrister Judge and opened the position to Civilian Judges. An age limit of 60 years was set for High Court Judges. By virtue of the Government of India (High Court Judges) Order, 1937, a maximum number of Judges for the various High Courts in India was fixed. In each case the number so stated was exclusive of the Chief Justice but included all additional judges. For the Lahore High Court

neg: Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh of Justice. She was later promoted to senior State Counsel and Principal State Council. In 1996 she was appointed as a High Court Judge, where she served until 2004, when she was appointed as a Court of Appeals Judge. She remained in that position until she was appointed as the Supreme Court's Chief Justice in 2008. She was sworn in as Sierra Leone's Chief Justice on January 25, 2008, succeeding retired Chief Justice Ade Renner Thomas. She was the first woman to hold the Chief Justice position in Sierra Leone's history . She proceeded on leave to retirement on 6

neg: Liana Fiol Matta Padilla, thus succeeding Federico Hernández Denton as court chief justice. Served as Chief Justice until her retirement on February 1, 2016. Justice Fiol Matta was perceived as the leading liberal voice in the Puerto Rican high court. Liana Fiol Matta Liana Fiol Matta (born 1946) is a Puerto Rican jurist and formerly the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Fiol was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and is the second woman in Puerto Rican history to serve in the highest court of the island as well as being the second woman to hold the post

neg: Indian People's Tribunal should be stopped while this was being done. In June 2005 the IPT set up a tribunal in Orissa on the communal situation led by K.K. Usha, a former Chief Justice of the high court of Kerala and the first woman to serve in this role. It was convened by Angana P. Chatterji, an academic based in San Francisco, and Mihir Desai, an advocate of the high court of Mumbai. Activists from the Sangh Parivar disrupted the hearing in Bhubaneswar. In a letter to the National Human Rights Commission of India, Chatterji said threats were faxed from the state office

neg: Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar April 2002. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the High court of Himachal Pradesh on 4 April 2013. Thereafter he was appointed as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 24 November 2013. Elevated to Supreme Court on 13 May 2016. Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar (born 30 July 1957) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of India and the former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was enrolled as Advocate on 10 February 1982. He practiced on Civil, Criminal and Constitutional sides before the Subordinate Courts, Tribunals and High Court of Judicature at

neg: Tripura High Court Agartala in the year 1992 having territorial jurisdiction of the state of Tripura. Tripura High Court The Tripura High Court () is the High Court of the state of Tripura. It was established on 23 March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. The seat of the High Court is at Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The first Chief Justice is Justice Deepak Gupta ( 23.3.2013 to 16.5.2016) Earlier, the state of Tripura along with the other six states of the North - East of India was under the Gauhati High

neg: Vikramajit Sen Vikramajit Sen Justice Vikramajit Sen (born 31 December 1950) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India. A former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Sen is graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in History. On 7 July 1999, Sen was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and on 30 October 2000, he was appointed as a permanent judge. On 12 September 2011 he was transferred to Karnataka High Court as an acting Chief Justice and subsequently on 24 December 2011, he assumed office as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. On 24 December

neg: Asok Kumar Ganguly joined Madras High Court as Chief Justice on 19 May 2008. Later he was transferred to Supreme Court of India where he joined on 17 December 2008 and remained in the apex court for more than 3 years. He retired on 3 February 2012. Post his retirement, justice Ganguly worked as guest faculty at National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He also went on to be the Chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights commission, where his role was highly appreciated. A woman intern had alleged a recently retired Supreme Court judge had sexually harassed her. The Supreme Court, then

neg: S. R. Nayak S. R. Nayak Subray Rama Nayak (born 1 January 1945) was elevated as a judge of high court of Karnataka state, India, on 25 February 1994 and subsequently he was sworn in as judge of high court of Andhra Pradesh state, India, on 21 March 1994. He was transferred back to Karnataka High Court and was sworn in as a Judge of Karnataka High Court on 2 January 2003. He was the acting chief justice of Karnataka High Court from 20 October 2004 to 19 November 2004. Nayak assumed charge of the office chief justice of high court of Chhattisgarh

neg: Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty and 1956. He has had an extensive practice in all branches of law and in particular, Civil, Service and Constitutional matters. Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (15 December 1926 – 7 April 2015) was a former judge of Supreme Court of India and retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court who also served as acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court. He was also the first Chairman of the National Pay Commission. Born in a family of Ambalpadi-Udupi, Karnataka, India. Shetty graduated from the St. Aloysius College (Mangalore) in 1951 and later studied law in Osmania University

neg: S. T. Desai into Gujarat and Maharashtra. He became the First Chief Justice of Gujarat. Some of his landmark decisions were in the case of the Anand Municipality vs. the Union of India holding that the decisions of the Bombay High Court are binding on the Gujarat High Court. Besides discharging his duties as a Judge, he edited the 12th Edition of Mulla's Hindu Law and edited his father's books. He also wrote a commentary on Partnership. He practiced as a Senior Counsel in the Supreme Court of India after his retirement as Chief Justice of Gujarat from 1963 up to 1988 where

neg: Ashok Bhushan the High Court of Kerala on 10 July 2014, has taken charge as Acting Chief Justice on 1 August 2014 and as Chief Justice on 26 March 2015. He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016. Ashok Bhushan Ashok Bhushan (born 5 July 1956 in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh) is currently a judge at the Supreme Court of India. He was the 31st Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. He was born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh on 5 July 1956 to late Shri Chandrama Prasad Srivastava and his wife Smt. Kalavathi Srivasthava. After completion

neg: Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 1999, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. In less than a year, he was appointed as a judge, Supreme Court of India. Being the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India at the time, Sabharwal was appointed as the Chief Justice of India to succeed Mr. R.C. Lahoti who was retiring on 31 October 2005. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice by the President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam on 1 November 2005 for a period of about 14 months as he would turn 65, the retirement age for Chief Justices,

neg: Meenakshi Arora judges' collegium for elevation as a judge of the Delhi High Court however she later withdrew her consent from the judgeship. She was also the standing counsel for the Election Commission of India. In September 2013, full bench of Supreme Court headed by then Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam designated her as a senior counsel/senior advocate being only the fifth woman to be designated so. She was one the members of the drafting committee which drafted the regulations The Gender Sensitisation & Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013 to

neg: Sabyasachi Mukharji Sabyasachi Mukharji Sabyasachi Mukharji (1 June 1927 – 25 September 1990) was an Indian jurist, who was the twentieth Chief Justice of India. He also previously served as the acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. Sabyasachi Mukharji was born in Calcutta, the third son of Rai Bahadur Bejoy Bihari Mukharji, first Indian Director General of Land Records, Bengal Presidency. His elder brothers were Justice Prasanta Bihari Mukharji, Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the eminent cardiologist, Dr. Aurobindo Bihari Mukharji. He received his secondary education at the Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore, Calcutta; then a degree from Presidency

neg: Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (November 30, 1756 – July 16, 1841) was a chief justice in Nova Scotia, known for waging "judicial war" to free Black Nova Scotian slaves from their owners. From 1789–1797, he was the sixth Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. He became the first Chief Justice of the erstwhile Supreme Court of Madras (which has since become the High Court of Madras) and in that capacity was also the first Chief Justice of the Madras Presidency, British India from 1801 to 1817. After practicing law for four years, he was appointed Chief

neg: Pinaki Chandra Ghose from the northern provinces of the City of Calcutta. Hara Chandra Ghose, who became the first Indian Chief Judge of the Sadar Dewani Adalat at Calcutta in 1867, was a member of this family. Pinaki Chandra Ghose Pinaki Chandra Ghose (born 28 May 1952) is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of India. Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, he had served as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and before that, as a Justice of thw Calcutta High Court. He is presently a member of the National Human Rights Commission Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose

neg: Mukesh Shah of the Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004 and appointed as Permanent Judge on June 22, 2005. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on August 12, 2018. He was appointed Judge of Supreme Court of India on November 2, 2018. Mukesh Shah Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah (born 16 May 1958) is Judge of Supreme Court of India since 2 November 2018. He was the Chief Justice of the of the Patna High Court. He is going to retire on 15 May 2023. Shri Justice Mukesh Rasikbhai Shah, B.Sc., LL.B.was born on May 16, 1958. He was

neg: V. Eshwaraiah V. Eshwaraiah Vangala Eshwaraiah, also spelt as V. Eswaraiah was the former chairperson, National commission for backward classes from 19.09.2013 to September 2016. Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh in India. He was elevated to the constitutional post as additional Judge of Andhra Pradesh high court in 1999 and then as judge in 2000. Government of India appointed Justice Vangala Eswaraiah, former Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on 23 September 2013.He was succeeded by Justice M. N. Rao,

neg: Laeticia Kikonyogo various positions of responsibility in both the Catholic Church and the Judiciary. She was the first Uganda woman magistrate Grade I in 1971–1973; the first woman Chief Magistrate between 1973 and 1986; the first woman to be appointed High Court judge in 1986 and also sat on the Court of Appeal. She was later appointed the first woman Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda. In the Catholic Church, she was appointed as a Papal Dame by Pope Benedict XVI. She was one of the first ever women papal knights in the history of the Catholic Church in Africa. When she returned

neg: Mohan Shantanagoudar Kerala High Court on 1 August 2016. He took the oath as Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 22 September 2016. Mohan Shantanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjunagouda Shantanagoudar (born 5 May 1958 in Chikkerur, Haveri District, Karnataka) is an Indian Judge. He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme court of India on 17 February 2017. He has also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court before his elevation to the Supreme Court of India. He initially practiced at the Karnataka High Court as an advocate, later appointed as the Additional Judge in 2003, and elevated

neg: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad back to Patna High Court on 10 September 2001. He was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court from 3 March 2008 to 12 May 2008 and from 17 December 2008 to 15 March 2009. He took oath as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 20 March 2009 and was elevated as a Judge, Supreme Court of India on 8 February 2010 from where he superannuated on 14 July 2014. Thereafter he was appointed Chairman of the Press Council of India on 25 November 2014. Justice Prasad has held various offices including the office of

neg: Madhavachari Srinivasan Court of India in March 1997. Justice Srinivasan was died in 2000. Madhavachari Srinivasan Madhavachari Srinivasan or M. Srinivasan (12 January 1937 — 25 February 2000) was an Indian Judge and Justice of the Supreme Court of India Srinivasan was born in 1937 in British India. After completion of B.A., LL.B. he was enrolled as an Advocate in 1958 and started practice in Civil and Constitutional matters in the Madras High Court, Chennai. He was elevated as permanent Judge of Madras High Court on 2 June 1986. Justice Srinivasan was appointed as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court

neg: Gopal Ballav Pattanaik was appointed to the Standing Counsel for the state Government of Orissa. In 1974 he became an Additional Government Advocate and subsequently the Govt Advocate of the state. In 1983, he was elevated to the bench of the Orissa High Court as a permanent judge. In 1995, he was appointed the Chief Justice of Patna High Court. Only four months later, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of India. He went on to occupy the highest judicial post in the country as the Chief Justice of India on 8 November 2002. When Pattanaik took over as the Chief Justice

neg: Kalpana Rawal Chief Justice and one other Supreme Court Judge who had reached 70 on retirement. Rawal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, and Bachelors and Master of Laws in constitutional and administrative law. She received her LLB and LLM degrees in India, where she practised for three years under the tutelage of Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati who later became the 17th Chief Justice of India. In 1973, at the age of 27, Kalpana Hasmukhrai Rawal moved to Kenya from India to join her husband, businessman Hasmukhrai Rawal. Two years later, she set up her own law firm, becoming the first woman to

neg: Ananga Kumar Patnaik Chhattisgarh on 14 March 2005. He was praised by the then Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti for his role in the running of Chhattisgarh High Court. Later that year he became Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, serving there for four years. During his tenure as the Chief Justice of both these states he was known for his bold judgements and was seen to be as judge who was pro poor and strongly supported the underprivileged classes. On 17 November 2009, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India which he

neg: Ranganath Misra aged 59, leaving both his parents bereft with grief. On 18 September 1950 he got enrolled as advocate of Orissa High Court, Cuttack where he practiced law until 1969 when he was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Orissa High Court. From 6 November 1980 to 16 January 1981 he was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Orissa High Court, and from 16 January 1981 he was appointed as the permanent Chief Justice of the Orissa High court. He was then appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1983. He became the Chief Justice of the

neg: Anna Chandy was appointed to the Kerala High Court on 9 February 1959. She remained in that office until 5 April 1967. In her retirement, Chandy served on the Law Commission of India and also wrote an autobiography titled "Atmakatha" (1973). She died in 1996. Anna Chandy Justice Anna Chandy (1905-1996), also known as Anna Chandi, was the first female judge in India. She was also the first woman in India to become a High Court judge. In fact, she was the first woman judge in the Anglo-Saxon world, decades before Elizabeth Lane. Anna Chandy was born in 1905 and raised in

neg: Sarv Mittra Sikri Sarv Mittra Sikri Sarv Mittra Sikri (26 April 1908 – 24 September 1992) was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 22 January 1971 until his retirement on 25 April 1973. He began his legal career in 1930 as an attorney practicing at the Lahore High Court. Following independence, he was appointed the Assistant Advocate General of Punjab in 1949. He served as advocate general from 1951 to 1964. In February 1964, he was appointed as judge of the Supreme Court of India, and became Chief Justice of India in January 1971. He was the first

neg: Aniruddha Bose name was recommended for elevation as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court but returned by the Government of India, with the observation that she does not have the experience to handle the affairs of a prominent High Court like Delhi. The collegium reconsidered the proposal and she was transferred to Jharkhanad High Court as Chief Justice on 4 August 2018. Aniruddha Bose Aniruddha Bose (born 11 April 1959) is an Indian judge and Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Bose passed Higher Secondary Examination from St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata in 1976 and passed B.Com. from St. Xavier's College