Jay Mala
Jay Mala | |
|---|---|
| President of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | |
| In office 31 May 2022 – 4 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bhim Singh |
| Succeeded by | Harsh Dev Singh |
| President of Indian Students Congress | |
| In office 1979–2023 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1958 Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 26 April 2023 (aged 64) Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (1982–2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (1975–1982) |
| Spouse | Bhim Singh |
| Relations | Hindu Shahis Goud Saraswat Brahmins Harsh Dev Singh (Nephew-in-law) Balwant Singh Mankotia (Nephew-in-Law) |
| Children | Ankit Love |
| Education | University of Delhi |
Jay Mala (22 August 1958 – 26 April 2023) was an Indian journalist, politician, advocate and social activist. She was a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India, who filed over 600 cases and won each one, including a 1985 landmark case where she sued the State of Jammu and Kashmir changing tort law in India. Mala was co-founder of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) in 1982. On 7 May 2022 she became Chairperson of the Panthers Party Working Committee, and was de facto president of Panthers Party from 31 May 2022 to 4 April 2023.
During the period of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, she was one of only seven female candidates, out of a total 512 candidates in the 1983 Jammu and Kashmir general election.
Mala was President of the Indian Student Congress in 1979. From 2017 she worked as a contributing editor for National Herald, a newspaper founded by the first Prime Minister of India.