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07/05/21 05:05 AM IST

Justice Gita Mittal Conferred Arline Pacht Global Vision Award By International Association of Women Judges

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  • In a first for an Indian jurist, Justice Gita Mittal, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has been conferred with the prestigious Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021 by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ).

Details 
  • The Award will be presented at IAWJ’s Biennial Conference during the virtual opening ceremony on May 7, 2021.
  • She shares the honour with Justice Margarita Luna Ramos of Mexico.
  • It is pertinent to mention here that Justice Gita Mittal was the first woman to serve as the Chief Justice of J&K High Court.
  • During her 28-months long tenure, she initiated many programmes to make justice available to all especially women.
  • She launched a YouTube channel for the J&K courts, beside a unique programme called ‘Insaaf Ki Dastak’ to enable litigants residing in remote, far-flung areas of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh to file cases via existing postal service, without having to visit courts.
  • She also set up ‘camp courts’ in different locations.
  • At present, Justice Mittal is the Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), an independent, self-regulatory body for general entertainment channels set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). She is the first woman to hold this position.
About the Award 
  • The Arline Pacht Global Vision Award was constituted in 2016 and is presented to a sitting or retired woman judge to recognize her long-term contribution to the IAWJ.

Source- livelaw 

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