P.Habeeb Mohamed

Who was P.Habeeb Mohamed?

P. Habeeb Mohamed was the first Muslim judge of the Travancore High Court of Kerala.

Born as the nephew of Vakkom Moulavi, the great social reformer of Kerala, Justice Habeeb Mohamed had his early education in Attingal High School, Trivandrum H.H.Maharaja's College, Trivandrum, Law College,Trivandrum. He was a contemporary of the late K.M.Seethi Sabib, who became the Speaker of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly.

Justice Habeeb Mohamed enrolled as an advocate in Trivandrum first. For six months, he worked as a Municif in Trivandrum before he became the district judge of Trivandrum. Justice Habeeb Mohamed served as district judge in Kottayam, Kollam, Alappuzha, and Trivandrum. He became judge of the High Court in 1946 and moved his career to Ernakulam. Justice Habeeb Mohammed retired as the judge of the High Court in 1951. Later he became active in the Muslim League for some time. He died in 1963. Justice Habeeb Mohammed had two daughters. The elder daughter, the late Subaida, was married to Mohamed Ghani, the son of Mohammed Mustafa Sahib, former MLC of Madras. They had a daughter, Aysha, who lives in Nagercoil with her husband, V.Omer Ali. The younger daughter of Justice Habeeb Mohammed, Naseema, was married to the late K.Seethi Mohammed, the only son of the late K.M.Seethi Sahib, Habeeb Mohamed's contemporary. Naseema lives n Trivandrum with her son K.M.Althaf.