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'''Chittatosh Mookerjee''' (Born 1 January 1929) was a Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court|Calcutta]] and [[Bombay High Court]], in India. He is a grandson of Bengali scholar and educator [[Ashutosh Mukherjee]] and nephew of [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee|Shyama Prasad Mookerjee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Grandson-of-Sir-Ashutosh-Mukherjee-upset-at-Mamatas-silence-on-letter/articleshow/19181275.cms|title=Grandson of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee upset at Mamata's silence on letter|newspaper=The Times of India|first=Debashis|last=Konar|date=25 March 2013|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-legacy-of-1947/502468/|title=The legacy of 1947|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Mookerjee was born on 1 January 1929 in [[Kolkata]], [[British India]]. His father Rama Prasad Mukherjee was a judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He passed Matriculation Examination in the First Division from Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore, got First Class in the Preliminary, Intermediate and Final Law Examinations of the [[Calcutta University]] and passed M.A. in Economics in 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI0JnBhZ2Vubz0z|title=CHIEF JUSTICE MR. CHITTATOSH MOOKERJEE|website=bombayhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> Mookerjee entered the legal profession in November 1953.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/judge-maintains-his-humble-composure/358985/|title=Judge maintains his humble composure|website=indianexpress.com|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>
==Career==
He was appointed an additional judge of the Calcutta High Court in 1969, and in 1970, he became a permanent judge of the High Court. In 1986 he was elevated as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427065106/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|archive-date=27 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was transferred to [[Bombay]] as [[List of Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court|Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court]]. Mookerjee retired from judgeship in 1991. He was also the acting [[Governor of Maharashtra]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1990, he was the head of the tribunal for the [[Kaveri River water dispute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/09/03/stories/2004090305591200.htm|title=Cauvery water dispute to the fore again|last=A. Jayaram|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-09-03|access-date=15 May 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> After retirement, he became the first chairperson of the [[West Bengal Human Rights Commission]] and served there from 1995 to 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JB21xB5RcC&dq=Chittatosh+Mukherjee&pg=PA103|title=Rugged Road to Justice: A Social Audit of State Human Rights|last=Volume 1|first=Harsh Dobhal, Mathew Jacob|year=2012|isbn=9788189479831|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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