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| name = Amal Kumar Sarkar<br />
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| image = Justice A.K. Sarkar.jpg<br />
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| order = 8th<br />
| office = Chief Justice of India<br />
| term_start = 16 March 1966<br />
| term_end = 29 June 1966<br />
| nominator = <br />
| appointer = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| predecessor = [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]]<br />
| successor = [[Koka Subba Rao|K. Subba Rao]]<br />
| office1 = Chief Justice of [[Bombay High Court]]<br />
| predecessor1 = Prakash Chandra Tatia <br> D. N. Patel (acting)<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1901|6|29}}<br />
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| death_date = December 18, 2001<br />
| death_place = Mumbai<br />
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Justice '''Amal Kumar Sarkar''' ({{lang-bn|অমল কুমার সরকার}}) (born 29 June 1901, died 18 December 2001) was the eighth [[Chief Justice of India]], from 16 March 1966 up to his retirement on 29 June 1966.<ref name=SCI_biography>[http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/aksarkar.htm Biography on Supreme Court website]</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
He studied at the prestigious [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta|Scottish Churches College]], the [[Bangabasi College]], and at the [[Department of Law, University of Calcutta|University Law College]], all affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=SCI_biography/><ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 591</ref><ref>Sen, Asit. ''Glimpses of College History: The Students and the Teachers'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 234</ref><br />
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== Life ==<br />
He started his career by practising as an advocate in the [[Calcutta High Court]] at [[Kolkata]]. He became a judge at the Calcutta High Court on January 1949, and went on to practice till March 1957.<ref name=SCI_biography/><br />
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*[http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/aksarkar.htm Biography on Supreme Court website]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Rs52IWA2kLMC&pg=PA108&dq=%22A.K.+Sarkar%22+justice&hl=en&ei=prqBTJqPJoq7ngeZlN2jAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22A.K.%20Sarkar%22%20justice&f=false Reference to the "late A.K. Sarkar"]<br />
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