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'''Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar''' (Hindi: '''कान्ता भटनागर''' <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://rshrc.rajasthan.gov.in/former-chairman-members.htm|title=Former Chairman & Members|website=Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520103644/http://rshrc.rajasthan.gov.in/former-chairman-members.htm|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> {{circa|1930}} - 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|Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission]].<ref name=":0" /> | '''Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar''' (Hindi: '''कान्ता भटनागर''' <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://rshrc.rajasthan.gov.in/former-chairman-members.htm|title=Former Chairman & Members|website=Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520103644/http://rshrc.rajasthan.gov.in/former-chairman-members.htm|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=|access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> '''{{circa|1930}}''' - 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|Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission]].<ref name=":0" /> | ||
She was the prominent Woman Judge in Rajasthan. | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar | |
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 Judge Bhatnagar | |
| Born | 1929/1930 |
| Died | 13 August 2011 (age 81) |
| Known for | High court judge chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission |
Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (Hindi: कान्ता भटनागर [1] c. 1930 - 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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Former Chairman & Members". Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Former Madras CJ passes away". The Hindu. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "New CJ of Madras HC sworn in; governor, CM present". Eenadu English Portal. 5 April 2017. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ↑ Subramanil, A. (30 June 2017). "Madras High Court gets all-woman first bench for 1st time in 135 years - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2017.