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			{{Short description\|Indian judge (born 1941)}}
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	\| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]] Ms. [[Justice]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=24 December 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509055050/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm \|archive-date=9 May 2017 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		\| name = Ruma Pal
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	\| caption =		\| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/special/when-india-got-her-first-female-supreme-court-judge/20170308.htm\|title=SC gets 1st Bengali woman judge- Ruma Pal}}</ref>
	\| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/special/when-india-got-her-first-female-supreme-court-judge/20170308.htm\|title=SC gets 1st Bengali woman judge- Ruma Pal}}</ref>		\| term_start = 28 January 2000
	\| term_start = 28 January 2000		\| term_end = 2 June 2006
	\| term_end = 2 June 2006		\| nominator =
	\| nominator =		\| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
	\| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]		\| predecessor =
	\| predecessor =		\| successor =
	\| successor =		\| office2 = Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]
	\| office2 = Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]		\| term_start2 = 1990
	\| term_start2 = 1990		\| term_end2 = 2000
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	\| successor2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1941\|06\|03}}
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1941\|06\|03}}		\| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]], British India
	\| birth_place = [[~~Kolkata~~]], [[~~West~~ Bengal]]		\| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]]
	\| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]]		\| death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|YYYY\|MM\|DD\|YYYY\|MM\|DD}} or {{Death-date and age\|df=yes\|Month DD, YYYY\|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) -->
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	\| death_place =		\| spouse = [[Samaraditya Pal]]
			\| relations = [[Bhaskar Ghose]] (brother)<br/>[[Arundhati Ghose]] (sister)<br/>[[Sagarika Ghose]] (niece)<br/>[[Sanjay Ghose]] (nephew)
	}}		}}
	'''Justice Ruma Pal''' (born 3 June 1941) ~~was~~ a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] ~~until her retirement~~ on 3 June 2006.		'''Justice Ruma Pal''' (born 3 June 1941) is a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. She retired on 3 June 2006.

	== Early life ==		== 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]].		She studied 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]] was one of well known barristers of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Eminent barrister Samaraditya Pal dies at 84 \|url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2023/03/09/ces1-wb-barrister-pal-demise.html \|access-date=2023-03-09 \|website=The Week \|language=en}}</ref>

	== Career ==		== 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''.		After a long and distinguished career as an advocate, she was appointed Judge in the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 6 August 1990. She was 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''.{{citation needed\|date= December 2022}}

	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.<ref>Professor MP JAIN Indian Constitutional Law ({{ISBN\|9788180386213}})</ref> She became the Chancellor of [[Sikkim University]] and one of the trustees of legal diversity [[Nonprofit organization]] [[Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access]].<ref>http://diversity.chambersandpartners.com/the-idea-behind-idia-creating-champs-from-underprivileged-communities/</ref>		Pal edited many textbooks for legal studies including famous book on Indian Constitutional Law by Prof. M P Jain, which is considered as an authority.<ref>Professor MP JAIN Indian Constitutional Law ({{ISBN\|9788180386213}})</ref> She became the Chancellor of [[Sikkim University]] and one of the trustees of legal diversity [[Nonprofit organization]] [[Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://diversity.chambersandpartners.com/the-idea-behind-idia-creating-champs-from-underprivileged-communities/ \|title=The Idea Behind IDIA: Creating CHAMPS from Underprivileged Communities, by Shamnad Basheer\|date=13 April 2016\|first=Luke\|last=Vincett \|access-date=4 September 2016 \|archive-date=10 September 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910111450/http://diversity.chambersandpartners.com/the-idea-behind-idia-creating-champs-from-underprivileged-communities/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable]] Ms. [[Justice]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509055050/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm |archive-date=9 May 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| name = Ruma Pal
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/special/when-india-got-her-first-female-supreme-court-judge/20170308.htm|title=SC gets 1st Bengali woman judge- Ruma Pal}}</ref>
| term_start = 28 January 2000
| term_end = 2 June 2006
| nominator =
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]
| term_start2 = 1990
| term_end2 = 2000
| nominator2 = 
| appointer2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|06|03}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| alma_mater = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
}}
'''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]].

== 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.<ref>Professor MP JAIN Indian Constitutional Law ({{ISBN|9788180386213}})</ref> She became the Chancellor of [[Sikkim University]] and one of the trustees of legal diversity [[Nonprofit organization]] [[Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access]].<ref>http://diversity.chambersandpartners.com/the-idea-behind-idia-creating-champs-from-underprivileged-communities/</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* Paper by Justice Pal on Violence Against Women [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170656/http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/jc/papers/jc_2004/supplementary_papers/ruma_pal.pdf]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928170656/http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/jc/papers/jc_2004/supplementary_papers/ruma_pal.pdf]

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