GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

RTI ACT 2005

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the first woman Supreme Court Judge
A
Mrs. Anna Chandy
B
Ms. Fathima Beevi
C
Ms. Anil Gupta
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -She was then elevated to the High Court as a Judge on 4 August 1983. She became permanent Judge of the High Court on 14 May 1984. She retired as the Judge of the High Court on 29 April 1989 but was further elevated to the Supreme Court as a Judge on 6 October 1989 where she retired on 29 April 1992.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sandra Day O’Connor, née Sandra Day, (born March 26, 1930, El Paso, Texas, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi was the first woman to become the Judge of Supreme Court. After her retirement, she became the member of the National Human Rights Commission and also served in the position of Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001.

Detailed explanation-4: -M. Fathima Beevi (born April 30, 1927) is a former justice of the Indian Supreme Court. She was the first Muslim woman to be appointed to any of the country’s higher judiciaries and the first female judge to join India’s Supreme Court when she was appointed to the apex court in 1989.

Detailed explanation-5: -The U.S. Supreme Court Out of 115 justices that have served on the court, only six have been women. Four are currently serving: Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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