Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur takes Oath as new Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity
Aug 13th, 2018 3:26 pm | By ThenewsmanofIndia.com | Category: LATEST NEWS(THE NEWSMAN OF INDIA.COM)
Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur took Oath as Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Ministry of Power, here today. Prior to this, Smt. Justice Manjula 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.
Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur was born on 5th December, 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, Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur received an honorary doctorate from Karnataka State Women’s University.
She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. Smt. Justice Manjula 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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