Kerala has been into a state of demise recently. KK Usha, the second woman to be Chief Justice at the Kerala High Court, died on Monday. She was aged 81. Usha was the first woman to be directly promoted to the High Court bench from the Bar, reports a leading daily. She served on the post of Chief Justice in 2000-01, after which she retired and presided over the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal for three years, says a report by Bar and Bench. After Sujatha Manohar, KK Usha became the second woman to be Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.

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She got enrolled at the Bar in 1961 and was appointed as a government pleader 18 years later. She became a judge in 1991. Usha then served the High Court for nine years before becoming Chief Justice, a year before her retirement. Post-retirement, Usha headed a People's Tribunal inquiry into the communal situation in Odisha and was involved in the human rights issues in Manipur. The Indian People's Tribunal was against the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur.

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Usha represented India at a United Nations seminar on 'Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women'. She also represented the country at an international convention of women lawyers in Germany. Usha's husband K Sukumaran was also a retired judge of the High Court. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled her death, recalling the contribution Justice Usha had made to the legal justice system.

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