- Anna Chandy
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name = Anna Chandy
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caption = Smt. Justice Anna Chandy
birth_name = Anna
birth_date =May 04 1905
birth_place =Kerala
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known_for = First woman Judge ofIndia
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employer =Kerala High Court
occupation =Judge
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title = Hon. Justice
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term =Feb 09 1959 toApril 5 1967
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footnotes =Justice Anna Chandy was the first woman Judge of
India cite web |url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html |title=Former Judges of High Court of Kerala |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] cite web |url=http://www.thelizlibrary.org/collections/woa/woa05-04.html |title=Women of Achievement |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] cite web |url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_links/NBK.pdf |title=supremecourtofindia.nic.in Page 3/5 |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] . She became the first woman judge inIndia in a district court in 1937 [ cite web |url=http://www.culturopedia.com/first_in_india_women.html |title=First in India - First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937. |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] . She was the first woman inIndia , and probably the second in the world to reach a high court judgeship (1959) cite web |url=http://www.thelizlibrary.org/collections/woa/woa05-04.html |title=Women of Achievement |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] .Early life
She was born on
May 04 1905 in erstwhileTravancore state , now inKerala state ofIndia . She was admitted to the bar in 1928 and was appointed as a district judge (musif) inTravancore [ cite web |url=http://www.indiaepostoffice.com/women47/index3.html |title=First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937. |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] by Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer , the thenDewan ofTravancore [cite web |url=http://cprfoundation.org/otherpages/01-cprmain.htm |title=First to appoint a lady advocate – Mrs. Anna Chandy - as District Judge. |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] .High Court Judge
She was the Judge of
Kerala High Court from9 February 1959 toApril 5 1967 cite web |url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html |title=Former Judges of High Court of Kerala |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] . This raised the career hopes of women in the legal field in India. It had also helped herald a gender-neutral system of justice as quoted by Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court V.K. Bali [cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/06/stories/2006110604960300.htm |title=The Hindu daily -Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court V.K. Bali |accessdate=2008-05-28 |publisher= |date= ] . The High Court ofKerala is the highest court of justice in theIndian state ofKerala and in theUnion Territory ofLakshadweep . The High Court ofKerala is headquartered at Kochi. Another woman judge fromKerala High Court , Kumari Justice M. Fathima Beevi became the first woman judge inSupreme Court of India . cite web |url=http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html |title=Former Judges of High Court of Kerala |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] cite web |url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_links/NBK.pdf |title=supremecourtofindia.nic.in Page 3/5 |accessdate=2008-05-27 |publisher= |date= ] .References
External links
* [http://highcourtofkerala.nic.in/frmrjudges.html Former Chief Justices or Judges of High Court of Kerala]
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