Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (Hindi: कान्ता भटनागर [1] Template:Circa - 13 August 2011) was a judge and human rights activist in India. Bhatnagar was the first woman to become a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and was the first chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission.[2]
She was the prominent Woman Judge in Rajasthan.
Biography
Bhatnagar worked as a judge in Rajasthan in 1968.[2] She became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in June 1992.[2] She was the first woman to serve as chief justice of that court[3] and held that post for around five months.[4]
Bhatnagar became the first chair of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission in 2000.[1]
She died at age 81 of a heart attack in Udaipur on 13 August 2011.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Former Chairman & Members. Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Former Madras CJ passes away. The Hindu(15 August 2011). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ New CJ of Madras HC sworn in; governor, CM present. Eenadu English Portal(5 April 2017). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
- ↑ Madras High Court gets all-woman first bench for 1st time in 135 years - Times of India. The Times of India(30 June 2017). Retrieved 2017-07-30.