Justice Ruma Pal (born 3 June 1941) was a judge of the
Supreme Court of India until her retirement on 3 June 2006.
Early life
She read for her B.C.L degree at
St Anne's College, Oxford and started practice in 1968 in Civil, Revenue, Labour and Constitutional matters in the
Calcutta High Court. Her husband
Samaraditya Pal is well knowned barristers of
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
.
Career
After a long and distinguished career as an advocate, she was appointed Judge in the
Calcutta High Court on 6 August 1990. She was further nominated to
Supreme Court of India on 28 January 2000, the day of the Golden Jubilee of the court. Justice Pal has delivered many critical judgements in famous cases. She has written on a number of human rights issues. She is also a member of the ''International Forum of Women Judges''.
Pal edited many text-books for legal studies including famous book on Indian Constitutional Law by Prof. M P Jain, which is considered as an authority. She became the Chancellor of
Sikkim University
Sikkim University is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India. It is in Gangtok. The campus is expected to be built at Yangang in South Sikkim district, about from Gangtok. Its first chancellor was M. S. Swaminatha ...
and one of the trustees of legal diversity
Nonprofit organization
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Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access
Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) is a non-profit organisation working in India which aims to empower underprivileged children by giving them access to quality legal education. It was initially started by late ...
.
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References
External links
* Paper by Justice Pal on Violence Against Wome
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1941 births
Living people
Judges of the Calcutta High Court
Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Women educators from West Bengal
Educators from West Bengal
20th-century Indian judges
20th-century Indian women judges
21st-century Indian judges
21st-century Indian women judges