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Who was one of the first female judges in the British Empire and the first female Judge in an Indian…

Anna Chandy was an early woman judge and became the first woman judge of an Indian High Court on appointment to the Kerala High Court in 1959. Fathima Beevi later became the…

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Who was one of the first female judges in the British Empire and the first female Judge in an Indian High Court?

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Anna Chandy was an early woman judge and became the first woman judge of an Indian High Court on appointment to the Kerala High Court in 1959. Fathima Beevi later became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India, a different distinction.

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