The first woman Chief Justice of High Court in India was ..........
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SSC CPO 14th-March-2019-Shift-2
Indu Malhotra
Incorrect AnswerRuma Pal
Incorrect AnswerLeila Seth
Correct AnswerFatima Bibi
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
- Leila Seth was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India. She made history by being appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court in 1991.
- Indu Malhotra was the first woman to be directly appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from the Bar, but not a Chief Justice of any High Court.
- Ruma Pal served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, but she was not a Chief Justice of any High Court.
- Fatima Bibi was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India, but she did not serve as a Chief Justice of a High Court.
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