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Late Supreme Court judge Justice Fathima M Beevi awarded Padma Bhushan

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KERALA:

Justice Beevi was the first Muslim woman to be appointed to the higher judiciary in the country and the first woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court of an Asian country.

Late Supreme Court judge Justice Fathima M Beevi awarded Padma Bhushan

The first woman to be a judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice M Fathima Beevi, was on Thursday posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan.

Justice Beevi received India’s third-highest civilian award in the field of Public Affairs.

The former Supreme Court judge passed away aged 96 in November last year. Justice Beevi was the first Muslim woman to be appointed to the higher judiciary in the country.

She was born in Kerala in 1927 and her father encouraged her to study law. In 1950, she topped the Bar Council exam becoming the first woman to receive a Bar Council gold medal.

She started her career as an advocate in Kerala and worked her way up to become a district and sessions judge in 1974. In 1980, she joined the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and was appointed as a High Court judge in 1983.

She made history in 1989 by becoming the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

As a Supreme Court judge, she became the first Muslim woman in the higher judiciary and the first woman to become a Supreme Court judge in Asia.

After retiring in 1993, she had served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission and then as Governor of Tamil Nadu.

She had resigned from the post of Governor of Tamil Nadu after rejecting the mercy petitions filed by four condemned prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Read more about the former judge here.

source: http://www.barandbench.com / Bar and Bench / Home> News / by Bar and Bench / January 27th, 2024

India’s first woman Supreme Court judge Justice Fathima Beevi dies at 96

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Pathanamthitta, KERALA:

Not only did she break gender barriers, but she also became the inaugural Muslim woman to ascend to such a position within the nation’s higher judiciary.

Justice M. Fathima Beevi
Justice M. Fathima Beevi died on Thursday. She was 96. ( Photo | Wikimedia commons)

Kollam:

Justice M. Fathima Beevi, the trailblazing pioneer who etched her name in India’s judicial history as the first female judge to grace the Supreme Court, passed away in Kollam district on Thursday. She was 96.

She had been receiving treatment for age-related issues at Travancore Medical Hospital in Kollam, where she took her last breath at around 12:30 p.m.

Born in Pathanamthitta district in 1927, she commenced her educational journey at St. Joseph’s Convent School. She pursued a BSc degree in chemistry from the University of Kerala, and she furthered her studies in law at the Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. In 1950, she achieved the distinction of becoming the first woman in Kerala to earn a law degree.

Her professional trajectory included noteworthy roles as the Chief Judicial Magistrate and Judicial Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal before her elevation to the bench as a judge of the Kerala High Court in 1983.

In 1989, she became a female judge of the Supreme Court of India. Not only did she break gender barriers, but she also became the inaugural Muslim woman to ascend to such a position within the nation’s higher judiciary. She retired from the Supreme Court in 1992.

Later in 1997, she was appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu, and she became the first Muslim woman to hold the governor’s office. Additionally, she contributed significantly as the Chairman of the Kerala Commission for Backward Classes and served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission.

Justice M. Fathima Beevi’s mortal remains have been transported to  Pathanamthitta, where the final rites will be conducted.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / by Express News Service / November 23rd, 2023

A documentary on Fathima Beevi, India’s first female SC judge

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Fathima Beevi

Thiruvananthapuram:

A 30 minute documentary on country’s first female judge of the Supreme Court — Fathima Beevi is all set to be released on Wednesday, here.

In Malayalam titled as ‘Neethipathayile Dheera Vanitha (A brave woman on the path of justice)’ will be officially released by state Minister for Film and Culture Saji Cherian to coincide with the International Women’s Day.

Directed by senior journalist Priya Raveendran, the film has been scripted by R.Parvathy Devi, with the Creative contribution coming from Suja Susan George and popular danseuse Rajasree Warrier is the narrator.

Speaking to IANS, Raveendran said she was enamoured by the achievements of Beevi for a long, right from the time she entered journalism.

“Now I feel elated and happy that I have finally done it with the support of Parvathy and Suja. Beevi achieved all this, probably a first by any lady in the country to have sat in several crucial positions. None should forget that Beevi achieved all this at a time when women of her times were mostly relegated to their homes,” said Raveendran.

The now 95-year-old Beevi living a retired life at her home in Pathanamthitta has a number of firsts in her life which includes, the first female judge of the apex court, the first chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, the first Muslim woman Governor (Tamil Nadu).

The film has been produced by the Kerala State Film Development Corporation.

Incidentally Beevi enrolled herself as an advocate in 1950 and began her career in the lower judiciary in Kerala.

She was appointed the Munsiff in the Kerala Subordinate Judicial Services in May, 1958.

She was promoted as the Subordinate Judge in 1968 and as the Chief Judicial Magistrate in 1972, as District & Sessions Judge in 1974.

She was further appointed the Judicial Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in January, 1980. She was then elevated to the High Court as a Judge on August 4, 1983. She became a permanent Judge of the High Court on May 14, 1984.

She retired as the Judge of the High Court on April 29, 1989, but was further elevated to the Supreme Court as a Judge on October 6, 1989 where she retired on April 29, 1992.

She later went on to become the Governor of Tamil Nadu on January 25, 1997 and she quit in 2001 following a decision of the Union Government recommending to the President to recall her. — IANS

source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home / by IANS / March 08th, 2023