Remembering Aunty Leila: Opening Justice Seth's Patna files

Justice Leila Seth, India's first woman chief justice of a state high court who passed away last week, lives on as "Aunty Leila" for those who spent time with her in Patna.

Seth's death has opened a floodgate of memories for advocate K D Chatterji who was a little boy when Seth, then a barrister, moved to Patna from Calcutta for her practice in 1959. What endures more than her brilliant career is her love for children, said Chatterji, whose father was Seth's senior at the time and a family friend.

"Aunty Leila's presence around us school kids made us so happy. She would host lovely birthday parties at her beautiful 'White Pillars' bungalow and, after a trip abroad, she would bring us gifts," he told

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