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Fathima Beevi

1927 - 2023

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M. Fathima Beevi (30 April 1927 – 23 November 2023) was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex Court in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a part of the Supreme Court of India, and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries in the country. On her retirement from the court, she served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission and later as the Governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001. In 2023, she was honoured with Kerala Prabha Award, the second-highest honour given by the Government of Kerala. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fathima Beevi is the 26th most popular judge (down from 19th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from India (down from 451st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Fathima Beevi ranks 26 out of 53. Before her are Thurgood Marshall, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Nasirul Mulk, and Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey. After her are Walter Q. Gresham, David Souter, Warren E. Burger, Anthony Kennedy, Brett Kavanaugh, and John Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Fathima Beevi ranks 333. Before her are Charles Jarrott, Edward Babiuch, Elliot See, Maurice Lafont, Roberto Suazo Córdova, and Joachim Fuchsberger. After her are Brock Peters, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Maati Bouabid, Oskar Pastior, Zdravko Rajkov, and Michael Constantine. Among people deceased in 2023, Fathima Beevi ranks 370. Before her are Peter Simonischek, Marcel Amont, Guillermo Escalada, Irina Miroshnichenko, Giovanni Lodetti, and Domingo Perurena. After her are Karol J. Bobko, Remigijus Valiulis, Albert Eschenmoser, Bob Barker, Fay Weldon, and Aracy Balabanian.

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In India

Among people born in India, Fathima Beevi ranks 663 out of 1,861. Before her are Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (1884), Fauja Singh (1911), Indira Nath (1938), Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), and Dia Mirza (1981). After her are Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), and Jamini Roy (1887).

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Among JUDGES In India

Among judges born in India, Fathima Beevi ranks 1. After her are Anna Chandy (1905), Leila Seth (1930), and Ranjan Gogoi (1954).

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