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Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur swearing in as the Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, in New Delhi on August 13, 2018.

New Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

Newdelhi:13/8/18: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.

Technical Members Shri I.J. Kapoor, Shri B.N. Talukdar, Judicial Member Justice N.K. Patil and Technical Member Shri S.D. Dubey were present on the occasion.  Tribunal Bar Association President Shri 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 asthe 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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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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