Justice Daya Chaudhary appointed Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission president

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, August 13

The first woman advocate to be elevated as a Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, Justice Daya Chaudhary, on Friday became the first woman to be appointed as the president of Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (PSCDRC). So far, neither Haryana nor Chandigarh has seen a woman appointed as a commission president.

Justice Chaudhary was elevated as High Court Judge in December 2007 and retired upon attaining the age of superannuation on January 9. She was enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in 1987.

Justice Chaudhary entered legal the profession when women hardly accounted for 1 per cent of the legal profession in the state. At 40, she earned the distinction of being the first woman president to be ever elected not only in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, but the entire country. Justice Chaudhary’s tenure as a High Court Judge saw path-breaking judgments and orders, including directions in the HUDA multiple plots allotment case.