Career
Born in Lucknow in October 1930, she joined the Bar in 1959. When in India, she was a junior to Ashoke Kumar Senator when he used to practise during his absence from the central cabinet of India. She was the first woman to top the London Bar exams in 1958.
She handled a large number of Tax matters (Income Tax, Sales Tax, Excise and Customs), Civil, Company and Criminal cases as also Matrimonial suits and writ petitions.
In 1978, she was appointed as the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court. In 1991, she was appointed the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh.
Justice Seth sat upon enquiry into the death of businessman Rajan Pillai in police custody.