India's first woman chief judge of a High Court passes away
India's first woman High Court Chief Justice and Delhi High Court's first woman judge, Justice (retired) Leila Seth, passed away at her residence in Noida at the age of 86. Seth was the mother of noted author Vikram Seth. "Saddened at the passing of Justice Leila Seth. She was a champion of human rights," West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee tweeted.