Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar

Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (Hindi: कान्ता भटनागर ^[1] c. 1930 – 13 August 2011) was a judge and human rights activist in India. Bhatnagar was the first woman to become a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and was the first chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission.^[2]

Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar
Born	1929 or 1930
Died	13 August 2011 (age 81) Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Known for	High court judge chairperson of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission

Biography

Bhatnagar worked as a judge in Rajasthan in 1968.^[2] She became the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in June 1992,^[2] becoming the first woman to serve as chief justice of that court,^[3] and held that post for around five months.^[4]

Bhatnagar became the first chair of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission in 2000.^[1]

She died at age 81 of a heart attack in Udaipur on 13 August 2011.^[2]