Justice Fatima Beevi

November 25, 2023

ABOUT JUSTICE FATHIMA BEEVI

Fathima Beevi was born to Annaveetil Meeran Sahib and Khadeeja Beevi of Pathanamthitta in 1927.
She completed her schooling at the Catholicate High School and did an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University College, Thiruvanathapuram.
She enrolled as lawyer in November 1950.
She was the first student to complete a degree in law with full marks in all subjects.
She emerged first in a competitive exam conducted by the Public Service Commission in 1958 and joined the judicial services as a munsiff.
Years later, she became the first woman member of the country’s Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.
She was appointed as a high court judge in 1984 where she continued till 1989.
She was appointed as a judge in Supreme Court in 1989, a post which she held till 1992.
She was the first woman in Asia to be appointed as a judge in her country’s apex court.
After her retirement from SC, Beevi was appointed as Tamil Nadu governor in 1997.