Leila Seth
- Born: 20th October, 1930, Lucknow, India.
- Leila Seth joined the Bar in 1959.
- She was the first woman to top the London Bar exams in 1958.
- She was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court 1978 and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh in 1991.
- She served on the Law Commission of India till 2000 and was responsible for the amendments to the Hindu Succession Act which gave equal rights to daughters in joint family property.
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