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Alberta Chief Justice Ritu Khullar dies at 62 after a career helping others
Ritu Khullar, Alberta’s chief justice, died on Sept.
3 at age 62 after being diagnosed with cancer.
She was the daughter of immigrants and spent much of her career advocating for others.
As a lawyer, she worked on labour and human rights cases, including a challenge involving airline seating for a disabled passenger.
She became a judge in 2017, joined Alberta’s Court of Appeal in 2018 and was named chief justice in 2022.
In that role, she led the appeal courts of Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Her decisions included a ruling that border officials violated two men’s Charter rights by searching their electronic devices without specific grounds.
She also brought judges to Nunavut to meet local communities and learn about the justice system there.
Alberta Chief Justice Ritu Khullar died on Sept. 3 at age 62 after being diagnosed with cancer that year.
She led Alberta’s Court of Appeal and the courts of appeal of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Khullar was appointed to Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench in 2017, promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2018 and named chief justice in November 2022.
Before becoming a judge, she worked as a lawyer specializing in areas including labour and human rights.
Her son said at a provincial memorial that she used her “superpowers” to help others.
- Who
- Ritu Khullar, Alberta’s chief justice.
- What
- She died at age 62.
- When
- Sept. 3; the year is not specified in the article text.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- She had been diagnosed with cancer that year.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Khullar was appointed to Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench.
She was promoted to Alberta’s Court of Appeal.
She was named chief justice.
She took Alberta’s Appeal Court bench and northern judges to Nunavut to meet local communities and learn about the justice system.
Khullar died at age 62 after being diagnosed with cancer that year.
- Age
- 62
- Court of Queen’s Bench appointment
- March 2017
- Court of Appeal promotion
- 2018
- Chief justice appointment
- November 2022
- Legal specialties
- Labour and human rights
What people are saying
She always used her superpowers to help others.
She had a razor-sharp intellect grounded in common sense that helped guide her way.
You can choose to help others, or you can choose to help yourself.
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