UK-based Indian-origin author Vikram Seth's mother has passed away at the age of 86 in Noida, India on 5 May at 10:28pm. Seth, whose books A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music grabbed worldwide attention, divides time between Salisbury in the UK and Jaipur in India.
Leila was the first woman to become a judge in the Delhi high court and in 1991 went on to become the first woman Chief Justice in a state high court. In addition, she had also become the first woman to top the London bar exam in 1958. She was the author of a memoir and a children's book about the preamble to the Indian constitution. She has also played a big role in making the law, that punished Nirbhaya's rapists last week.
