Justice Leila Seth, 1st woman judge of Delhi HC, passes away

May 06, 2017 16:52

Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi high court, died on Saturday, PTI reported.

Seth, mother of author Vikram Seth, breathed her last in her home in Noida, reports said.

Seth, who became the first woman to top the London bar exam in 1958, was also an IAS officer. She practised law in Patna high court for about ten years and handled a number of tax matters, civil and criminal cases, matrimonial suits and writ petitions.

In 1978, she became the first woman judge of the Delhi high court and in 1991, she was appointed the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh high court -- becoming the first woman to ever hold the position of chief justice of a state high court.

Seth, who was appointed on Law Commission of India in 2000, was also responsible for the amendments to the Hindu Succession Act which gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property.

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