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.
Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh,India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Permanent Judges and 21 Additional Judges including Chief Justice. As of 14 September 2023,there are 58 Judges working in the High Court,comprising 36 Permanent and 22 Additional Judges.
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial government commission established in India in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. Headquartered in New Delhi,it serves as the apex national-level forum for consumer dispute resolution in India. The NCDRC is headed by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court of India or a sitting or retired Chief Justice of a High Court.
Jessica Lal was a model in New Delhi who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead at around 2:00 am on 30 April 1999. Dozens of witnesses pointed to Siddharth Vashisht,also known as Manu Sharma,the son of Venod Sharma,a wealthy and influential Member of Parliament from Haryana,as the murderer. Manu Sharma was later convicted for the murder and sentenced to life.
Dhingra is a Sikh name and an Arora Khatri surname and also a Jat clan.
Sehgal,also spelled Segal,Saigol or Saigal,is a Punjabi Khatri surname,originating from Punjab in India and Pakistan.
Vettath Balakrishna Eradi was a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He also served as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and as President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) and the Chairman of Ravi &Beas Waters Disputes Tribunal. Eradi was also noted for his role in several spiritual,cultural,and social organizations.
Harvinder Singh Phoolka,is a senior advocate of Delhi High Court,politician,human rights activist,and author. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Citizen's Justice Committee is an Indian umbrella organization of various human rights organizations and is known for pro bono representing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims in their legal battle to gain justice.
The Ruchika Girhotra case involves the molestation of 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 by the Inspector General of Police Shambu in Haryana,India. After she made a complaint,the victim,her family,and her friends were systematically harassed by the police leading to her eventual suicide. On 22 December 2009,after 19 years,40 adjournments,and more than 400 hearings,the court finally pronounced Rathore guilty under Section 354 IPC (molestation) and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000. The CBI had opposed Rathore's plea and had sought an enhancement of his sentence from six months to the maximum of two years after his conviction. Rejecting his appeal against his conviction by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court,Chandigarh District Court on 25 May sentenced the disgraced former police official to one-and-a-half years of rigorous imprisonment,enhancing his earlier six-month sentence and immediately taken into custody and taken to the Burail prison. On 11 November 2010,the Supreme Court granted bail to S.P.S. Rathore on the condition that he remain in Chandigarh. Recently,the Supreme Court of India upheld Rathore's conviction in molestation case but restricted the punishment to six months' jail already served by him considering his age.
Rajesh Kumar Agrawal is the president of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Sukhda Pritam is an Indian judge,presently Director for Centre for Research and Planning in Supreme Court of India since April 2023. She earlier remained as Chief Judicial Magistrate,Ambala prior to her posting in Supreme Court. She remained as Joint Member Secretary,Haryana State Legal Services Authority in 2020-21. She also remained Deputy Registrar(Judicial) for two years at National Green Tribunal,Delhi. She is Judicial Magistrate First Class from Haryana Cadre. She was earlier appointed as Additional Civil Judge (Sr.) Division cum Judicial Magistrate in District Courts Sonipat since 19 April 2016. Her Father Justice Pritam Pal is a retired High Court Judge and was later appointed as Lokayukta,an anti-corruption ombudsman body of Haryana. After serving as Lokayukta her father retired from services on 18 January 2016. She was transferred and promoted from Chandigarh to Sonipat on 13 April 2016.
Justice Gita Mittal is a retired Indian judge. She is the former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and the first woman judge to serve in that capacity. She has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court while she was serving as a Judge of the Delhi High Court.
Manka Dhingra is an Indian-born American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district,on Seattle's Eastside in King County,during a 2017 special election. Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.
Sonia Giridhar Gokani is an Indian Judge. She is former Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. She has previously served as the Acting Chief Justice as well as Judge of Gujarat High Court.
Ashok Bhan is an Indian judge and former justice of the Supreme Court of India.
Veena Birbal is a former judge of the Delhi High Court in India,and the former president of the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. She has adjudicated in a number of significant Indian cases concerning criminal offences and corruption,including the Scorpene deal scam,the 2G spectrum case,the Nitish Katara murder case,and the Uphaar Cinema Fire litigation.
A State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is an Indian autonomous,statutory and constitutional institution formed as a quasi judicial body at the state and union territory level under Section 2(44) of the Consumer Protection Act,2019 to protect the rights of consumers. It is a system of alternate dispute resolution between conflicting parties during the process of trade. The president of the States Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is appointed by the state government in consultation with the Chief Justice of state high court.
Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is an autonomous,statutory and constitutional institution formed as a quasi judicial body in Tamil Nadu under Section 24-B of the Consumer Protection Act,1986 to protect the rights of consumers. It is a system of alternate dispute resolution between conflicting parties during the process of trade. The president of the States Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is appointed by the state government in consultation with the Chief Justice of state high court.
Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is an autonomous,statutory and constitutional institution formed as a quasi judicial body in Punjab under Section 24-B of the Consumer Protection Act,1986 to protect the rights of consumers. It is a system of alternate dispute resolution between conflicting parties during the process of trade. The president of the States Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission is appointed by the state government in consultation with the Chief Justice of state high court.
