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| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)<br />
| name = Indra Prasanna Mukerji<br />
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| office = 13th [[Chief Justice]] of [[Meghalaya High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 3 October 2024<br />
| term_end = 5 September 2025<br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator = [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
| predecessor = {{ubl|[[S. Vaidyanathan]]|[[Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew|H. S. Thangkhiew]] (Acting)}}<br />
| successor = {{ubl|[[Soumen Sen]]|[[Hamarsan Singh Thangkhiew|H. S. Thangkhiew]] (Acting)}}<br />
| office1 = [[Judge]] of [[Calcutta High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 18 May 2009<br />
| term_end1 = 2 October 2024<br />
| nominator1 = [[K. G. Balakrishnan]]<br />
| appointer1 = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|9|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
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| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br>[[University of London]]<br />
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'''Indra Prasanna Mukerji''' (born 6 September 1963) is a retired Indian judge who served as 13th Chief Justice of the [[Meghalaya High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indra Prasanna Mukerji named CJ of Meghalaya High Court {{!}} The Shillong Times |url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2024/09/19/indra-prasanna-mukerji-named-cj-of-meghalaya-high-court/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=theshillongtimes.com}}</ref> He also served as judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]].<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Justice Mukerji was born in 1963 into a family of lawyers in [[Kolkata]]. His father Deba Prasanna Mukerji and paternal grandfather Iswar Prasanna Mukerji were [[barrister]]s of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He studied at [[St. Xavier's School, Kolkata|St. Xavier's School and College, Kolkata]] and passed law at the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was also educated in [[University of London]]. After his enrolment as a lawyer on 2 July 1990, Mukerji practised in the Calcutta High Court on the civil side. He became the senior advocate in the panel of [[Government of India]] as well as [[Damodar Valley Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calcutta High Court - Judges |url=https://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/Judges/CJ-and-Judges |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in}}</ref> He was appointed as a permanent judge on 18 May 2009 in the Calcutta High Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CDJ Law Journal |url=https://www.cdjlawjournal.com/judge-profile1.php?id=375&cid=15 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.cdjlawjournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SUPREME COURT OF INDIA |url=https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3ec0490f1f4972d133619a60c30f3559e/uploads/2024/09/2024091732.pdf |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> On 21 September 2024, Mukerji was made Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Order of appointment of Shri Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji |url=https://doj.gov.in/document/order-of-appointment-of-shri-justice-indra-prasanna-mukerji-judge-calcutta-high-court-as-chief-justice-of-meghalaya-high-court-21-09-2024/ |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-22 |title=Centre names CJs for eight high courts, day after Supreme Court prod |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/centre-names-cjs-for-eight-high-courts-day-after-supreme-court-prod/articleshow/113559410.cms |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |title=Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji recommended for CJ of Meghalaya HC {{!}} |url=https://www.whispersinthecorridors.com/detail/125607-Justice+Indra+Prasanna+Mukerji+recommended+for+CJ+of+Meghalaya+HC.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Whispersinthecorridors}}</ref> He was retired on 5 September 2025 as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He was ranked 3rd on the [[List of sitting judges of the high courts of India#List of Judges by seniority (in cumulative)|All India seniority list of High Court Judges]] on the date of his retirement.Presently he is the Chairperson of the [[West Bengal Human Rights Commission]].<br />
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