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Justice Ruma Pal (born June 6, 1941) is a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Ms. Pal read for her B.C.L degree at Oxford University and started practice in 1968 in Civil, Revenue, Labour and Constitutional matters in the Calcutta High Court. After a long and distinguished career as an advocate she was appointed Judge in the Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990.
She was appointed to Supreme court of India on day of Golden Jubilee of court. She is due to retire on June 6, 2006.
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.
External Links
- Paper by Justice Pal on Violence Against Women[1] (http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/jc/papers/jc_2004/supplementary_papers/ruma_pal.pdf)
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