Cornelia Sorabji Memorial Lecture - Justice B.V. Nagarathna at Somerville College
- Date & time
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- Host
- Somerville College (College)
- Series
- The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
- Location
- Flora Anderson Hall - Enter Somerville College from the main entrance on Woodstock Road, Enter Somerville College from the main entrance on Woodstock Road, Flora Anderson Hall, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 6HD, United Kingdom
- Organisation
- Oxford
Topics
About this talk
Cornelia Sorabji came to Somerville in 1889, just ten years after the College’s founding to study Law. She is the first woman to study Law at Oxford. The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development celebrates her legacy through the Cornelia Sorabji Scholarship programme. The annual scholarship is for an Indian student to study Law at Oxford and the Centre has successfully supported eleven scholars since its establishment in 2016. This year marks Cornelia’s 160th birth anniversary and we are celebrating this moment with a special lecture, "The Doors She Opened: Cornelia Sorabji and the Progress of Women's Rights in India". Justice B.V. Nagarathna has been serving as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India since 2021. Prior to this appointment, she served as a judge of the Karnataka High Court from 2008 to 2021. She holds a B.A. in History and L.L.B from the University of Delhi, enrolling in the Bar Council of Karnataka. She is in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India in 2027.
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