Raja Rajeswari in her swearing-in ceremony in New York, Deccan Chronicle Apart from her legal intelligence, she is a well-known Bharathanatyam and Kucchipudi dancer and continues to perform at Indian events and temples with her troupe from the Padmalaya Dance Academy, named after her mother, Padma Ramanathan. She has mostly worked on cases involving women and children asserting that they are the ones that touched her the most. She joined her new office on Tuesday.Ĥ3-year-old Rajeswari had previously worked with the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for past 16 years in several bureaus including Criminal Court, Narcotics, Supreme Court, and the Sex Crimes Special Victims Bureau, where she last served as Deputy Chief for more than four years.
On May 2, she took the oath of office at a ceremony in New York City along with 27 other judges appointed earlier this month to the Family Court, Criminal Court, and Civil Court, which are part of the New York State Unified Court System. Singh of New York County Supreme Court, 1st District, according to ethnic New India Times.
Presently, there are two male judges of Indian origin in civil court settings – Jaya Madhavan on the New York City Housing Court in Bronx County, and Anil C. The judges in the New York City Criminal Court and the Family Court within the city are appointed for a term of 10 years by the Mayor. She was nominated by New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio, and was sworn in on April 14, 2016. Chennai-born Raja Rajeswari, who had migrated to the U.S as a teenager, has become the first person of Indian origin to be named as a criminal court judge in New York City.