India's first woman Supreme Court judge Justice Fathima Beevi passed away
Live Law, Justice Fathima Beevi obtained her Bachelor of Law Degree from the Government Law College and enrolled as an advocate on 14 November 1950. She began her career in the lower Judiciary of Kerala in 1950 and soon rose through the ranks serving as the Munsiff in the Kerala Subordinate Judicial Services, as a Subordinate Judge, as a Chief Judicial Magistrate, as a District and session Judge, as a Judicial Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
Justice Beevi became Supreme Court High Court Judge in 1983 and Supreme Court JUdge in 1989. She was also the first Muslim judge to be appointed to any Higher Judiciary.
After her retirement, Justice Beevi first served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission, later she was appointed as Governor of Tamil Nadu. Justice Beevi also served as Chancellor of Tamil Nadu University during her tenure as a Governor of the state.
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