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Leila Seth

1930 - 2017

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leila Seth is the 49th most popular judge (down from 36th in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from India (down from 858th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Leila Seth ranks 49 out of 53. Before her are Neil Gorsuch, Michael Mukasey, George Wythe, Richard Goldstone, Harry Blackmun, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. After her are Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar, Potter Stewart, Sylvia Steiner, Ranjan Gogoi, Thomas Hoeren, and Patrick Keane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Leila Seth ranks 630. Before her are Wayne Frye, Paul Horn, Don Edmunds, Robert Ashley, Yuriy Tyukalov, and Frank Adams. After her are Sally Ann Howes, K. Balachander, Joan Sims, Allison Hayes, Timothy Findley, and Wendy Beckett. Among people deceased in 2017, Leila Seth ranks 624. Before her are Anne Jeffreys, Ian Stewart, Robert Osborne, Steffi Martin, Mikhail Tolstykh, and Francine York. After her are Willie Toweel, Roy Halladay, David Axelrod, Ayan Sadakov, Sergei Mylnikov, and Cheick Tioté.

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In India

Among people born in India, Leila Seth ranks 1,082 out of 1,861. Before her are Imtiaz Ali (1971), Sheela (1945), Rashid Khan (1968), Dorabji Tata (1859), Rabri Devi (1956), and Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963). After her are Saroj Khan (1948), Padmaja Naidu (1900), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Gulshan Kumar (1956), Ashok Gehlot (1951), and Silk Smitha (1960).

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Among JUDGES In India

Among judges born in India, Leila Seth ranks 3. Before her are Fathima Beevi (1927), and Anna Chandy (1905). After her are Ranjan Gogoi (1954).

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