Justice Bela M. Trivedi, Eleventh Woman Judge in Supreme Court history, bids adieu

Justice Bela M. Trivedi, who was the eleventh woman Judge to be elevated to the Supreme Court in its 75-year-old history on Friday demitted office after spending three-and-a-half years on the Bench.

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Justice Trivedi, who had the rare distinction of being elevated to the top court after starting out as a trial court Judge in Gujarat in July 1995, was part of the top court's several landmark judgments. “It was a happy coincidence that her father was already working as the Judge, city civil and sessions court when she was appointed. The Limca Book of Indian records has recorded the entry in their 1996 edition that ‘Father - daughter Judges in the same court’,” Justice Trivedi's profile on the apex court website said.

She was elevated as a Judge of the apex court on August 31, 2021 when a record nine new Judges, including three women, were administered oath of office.

On Friday, Justice Trivedi sat in the ceremonial Bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai as a tradition marking the exit of a top court Judge.