Justice Manjula Chellur takes oath as newChairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IBNS) : Justice Manjula Chellur on Monday took oath as Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Ministry of Power.
Prior to this, Justice Chellur was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
Judicial Member Justice K.N. Patil, Technical Members S.D. Dubey, I.J. Kapoor and B.N. Talukdar were present on the occasion. Tribunal Bar Association President M.G. Ramachandran assured the Bench for full cooperation of the Bar Members in day to day business.
A large number of advocates and other eminent guests were also present at the function.
Justice Manjula Chellur was born on December 5, 1955 in Karnataka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allum Sunmangalamma Women's College, Bellary, and went on to earn her law degree from Renukacharya Law College, Bangalore. In 1977, the Supreme Court of India sponsored her on a Gender & Law fellowship to England's University of Warwick. In 2013, Justice Chellur received an honorary doctorate from Karnataka State Women's University.
She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. Justice Chellur also served as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4th December, 2017.
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