President Christine Kangaloo has paid tribute to retired Judge Amrika Tiwary-Reddy who died on April 6. In a message posted on the Facebook page of the Office of the President on Saturday, President Kangaloo said she was “deeply saddened by the death of retired Judge of the High Court, Justice Amrika Tiwary-Reddy.”
The message stated that Justice Tiwary-Reddy served as a Senator in the National Alliance for Reconstruction government and acted as Attorney General on several occasions (1989 to 1991), becoming the first woman to do so. She also served as a member of the Cabinet-appointed Public Service Review Task Force and of the Council of the Bar Association of Trinidad and Tobago (1982 to 1986).
The post on Facebook added Justice Tiwary-Reddy was admitted to the Bar in England in 1968 and in T&T the following year. She was appointed a Puisne Judge in 1999, and by her retirement in 2011, she was the most senior female Judge on the High Court bench.
According to the President, perhaps most notable on her list of accolades was her appointment, at the age of 18, as the first principal of Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College.
In 2012, Justice Tiwary-Reddy received the Chaconia Medal GOLD, the nation’s second-highest award, in recognition of her years of distinguished service to Trinidad and Tobago in the sphere of Law. The Office of the President offered sincere condolences to the family and friends of retired Justice Tiwary-Reddy.