<P> Fathima Beevi was born on 30 April 1927 at Pathanamthitta, Travancore, now in the Indian State of Kerala, as the daughter of Annaveetil Meera Sahib and Khadeeja Bibi . </P> <P> She did her schooling in Catholicate High School, Pathanamthitta and got her B.Sc. from University College, Trivandrum . She obtained her B.L. from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram . </P> <P> Beevi was enrolled as Advocate on 14 November 1950 . She began her career in the lower judiciary in Kerala . She was appointed as the Munsiff in the Kerala Sub-ordinate Judicial Services in May, 1958 . She was promoted as the Sub-ordinate Judge in 1968 and as the Chief Judicial Magistrate in 1972, as District & Sessions Judge in 1974 . </P> <P> She was further appointed as the Judicial Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in January, 1980 . She was then elevated to the High Court as a Judge on 4 August 1983 . </P>

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