<P> Leila Seth ( 20 October 1930 -- 5 May 2017 ) was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and she became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court on 5 August 1991 . She sat on a number of enquiry commissions , including one into the death of ' Biscuit Baron ' Rajan Pillai , and was also a part of the three - member bench of the Justice Verma Committee that was established to overhaul India 's rape laws in the aftermath of the infamous 2012 Delhi gang - rape case . She was a member of the 15th Law Commission of India from 1997 to 2000 , and was responsible for the amendments to the Hindu Succession Act that gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property . </P>
<P> Leila Seth ( 20 October 1930 -- 5 May 2017 ) was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and she became the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court on 5 August 1991 . She sat on a number of enquiry commissions , including one into the death of ' Biscuit Baron ' Rajan Pillai , and was also a part of the three - member bench of the Justice Verma Committee that was established to overhaul India 's rape laws in the aftermath of the infamous 2012 Delhi gang - rape case . She was a member of the 15th Law Commission of India from 1997 to 2000 , and was responsible for the amendments to the Hindu Succession Act that gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property . </P>
first woman chief justice of a high court in india
first woman chief justice of a high court in india
Leila Seth
Leila Seth