Justice Anna Chandy: The First Female High Court Judge

Adarsh Kumar  Justice Anna Chandy (1905-96) was the first female Judge in India and second in the British Empire after Emily Murphy. She got her law degree after getting a post-graduate degree in 1926. She started practicing as a Barrister Read more

WhatsApp’s Updated Privacy Policy Case: Justice Pratibha Singh Of Delhi High Court Recuses From Hearing Petition

Justice Pratibha Singh of Delhi high court today recused herself from hearing the petition against the new privacy policy of WhatsApp. When Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma asked Justice Singh not to recuse from the matter and that there can’t Read more

Allahabad HC Orders Deletion Of Adverse Remarks Made Against A Judicial Magistrate By Sessions Judge, Observes That Sessions Judge Had No Jurisdiction To Judge The Judicial Officer

The Allahabad High Court recently allowed an application filed by a Judicial Officer praying for deletion of remarks made by the Session Judge, Hardoi who was hearing an appeal to the judgment authored by the applicant.  The Bench of Justice Read more

M. Fathima Beevi: Accentuating The Role Of Women In The Apex Court

Adarsh Kumar  Justice M. Fathima Beevi, the former Supreme Court Judge, is one of the flagbearers of women empowerment, as she became the first female to be appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court in 1989. Starting her career Read more

Justice A. Varadarajan: The Torchbearer Of Breaking Stereotypes

Adarsh Kumar  Justice Appajee Vardarajan, the former Supreme Court Judge was born in 1920 and was the first Dalit Judge to reach the Apex Court. He hailed from Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He started his professional life as an advocate in Read more