~~ Former judge new women's panel chief *Pioneer News Service | Thiruvananthapuram* Retired judge of Kerala High Court, D Sreedevi, was on Thursday appointed the chairperson of the Kerala Women's Commission.
She has earlier served as the Kerala Women's Commission chairperson in 2001. CPI leader and former MLA Prof Meenakshi Thampan, CPI(M) leader T Devi and social activist PK Sainaba were made members of the reconstituted body, Chief Minister VS Achuthandnan told reporters after a cabinet meeting. A person belonging to the Scheduled Caste/Tribe would be nominated to the Commission later. Justice Sreedevi said that a thorough study was necessary to enable the problems faced by women in the rural areas and hoped that her present position would help her work for the uplift of those bereft of opportunities. With an experience of over 17 years in the judiciary in various capacities, Justice Sreedevi became a District and Sessions Judge in1984. In 1992 she became a Judge of the Family Court. She was elevated as a Judge in the Kerala High Court in 1997. In 2001, just before retirement, she was appointed as the Kerala Women's Commission Chairperson. The Achuthanandan Government had dissolved the Kerala Women's Commission through a controversial extra ordinary gazette notification was issued by the Government a month ago. However Justice D Sreedevi refused to comment on the commission she is succeeding.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for freedom. It is a battle for the reclamation of human personality." - Dr BR Ambedkar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
