Fathima Beevi

Indian judge (1927–2023)

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M. Fathima Beevi was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex Court in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a part of the Supreme Court of India, and the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries in the country. On her retirement from the court, she served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission and later as the Governor of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001. In 2023, she was honoured with Kerala Prabha Award, the second-highest honour given by the Government of Kerala. In the 2024 honours list, she was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan.

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Fathima Beevi, first woman judge of Supreme Court, passes away Justice Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge in Supreme Court, passed away at a hospital in Kollam. She was a gold medallist from Government Law College in Thiruvananthapuram. Beevi started practising.. IndiaTimes - Published on November 23, 2023
India's first woman Supreme Court Judge Fathima Beevi dies at 96 The first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Justice Fathima Beevi, died at a private hospital. DNA - Published on November 23, 2023

First woman judge of SC, former TN governor Justice Fathima Beevi dead The first woman judge of the Supreme Court and former governor of Tamil Nadu, Justice Fathima Beevi, died at a private hospital here on Thursday, official sources said. She was 96. State health.. IndiaTimes - Published on November 23, 2023