Justice G. Rohini will on Monday assume charge as the first woman Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, 47 years after the court was established in October 1966.
Justice Rohini will be the 10th woman judge among 40 judges in the Delhi High Court. She is expected to stay for a period of four years if not elevated to the Supreme Court during her tenure. Of the 29 judges in the apex court, only two are women.
Born in 1955, Justice Rohini studied at Osmania University in Hyderabad and then at the College of Law under Andhra University in Visakhapatnam. She enrolled as an advocate in December 1980 and later became chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Bar Council.
(Source: IANS)
