Question: Manjula Chellur newly appointed as Chairperson of APTEL has served as first women chief Justice of which of the following high court?
(a)Bombay High Court
(b)Kolkata high Court
(c)Allahabad high court
(d)Delhi high court
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- On 13thAugust 2018 Manjula Chellur took oath as the Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) .Formerly, she has served as the Chief justice of Bombay high court.
- Tribunal Bar Association President Shri M.G. Ramachandran assured the Bench for full cooperation of the Bar Members in the day to day proceedings.
About Manjula chellur:
- She was born on 5 December 1955 in Karnataka and done with her law degree from Renukacharya Law College in Bangalore.
- In 1977 she was sponsored by Supreme Court for Gender and Law fellowship to England University of Warwick. She received honorary doctorate from Karnataka State Women’s University.
- She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, 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 after attaining the age of superannuation on 4thDecember 2017.
About APTEL:
- Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) is the foremost authority to redress grievances related electricity, established by the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India on 7th April, 2004 by virtue of Section 110 of The Electricity Act, 2003.
- This authority hears appeals or original petitions against the orders of the Adjudicating Officer or The Central Regulatory Commission or State Regulatory Commission or Joint Commission having jurisdiction throughout India.
- Justice Anil Dev Singh was the first Chairperson of the Tribunal in 2005.The Tribunal ordinarily presides in Delhi.
References:
http://www.pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1542884
http://aptel.gov.in/indexmore.html