Justice Ruma Pal (born 3 June 1941) was a judge of the

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until her retirement on 3 June 2006.

Early life

She read for her B.C.L degree at

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and started practice in 1968 in Civil, Revenue, Labour and Constitutional matters in the

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located in B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court buildi ...

. Her husband

Samaraditya Pal Samaraditya Pal or Bacchu Pal, M.A., LL.B Senior Advocate, Barrister (Inner Temple), is one of the best-known barristers/advocates in the Calcutta High Court. His wife, Ruma Pal is a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of India. Pal authored book ...

is well knowned barristers of Kolkata.

Career

After a long and distinguished career as an advocate, she was appointed Judge in the

on 6 August 1990. She was further nominated to

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. She became the Chancellor of Sikkim University and one of the trustees of legal diversity Nonprofit organization Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access.http://diversity.chambersandpartners.com/the-idea-behind-idia-creating-champs-from-underprivileged-communities/

References

External links

* Paper by Justice Pal on Violence Against Wome

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