G. Rohini becomes first woman Chief Justice of Delhi High Court

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By S A Ishaqui

Hyderabad, April 11: Justice G. Rohini, the senior most judge of the AP High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. She is the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The President, on Friday, issued a notification appointing her as Chief Justice.

Born on April 14, 1955, in Visakhapatnam, Justice G. Rohini graduated in science in 1976 from the Osmania University and obtained a degree in Law with a first class from the College of Law, Visakhapatnam. She enrolled as an advocate on in 1980 and joined the office of noted advocate Koka Raghava Rao, the then chairman of the AP State Bar Council. She  had the unique opportunity of participating actively in legal journalism first as a reporter for the AP Law Journals, of which Koka Raghava Rao was the founder chief editor.

Justice G. Rohini had taken up issues like protection of the girl child, working women and better relationship between the Bar and Bench during her tenure, and recently released a handbook on Women and Human Rights at the annual day meeting of the Indian Women Network.

She served as government pleader at the High Court. She was promoted as additional judge of the High Court of AP on June 25, 2001 and became a permanent judge on July 31, 2002.