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'''Kulada Charan Das Gupta''' ( 3 January 1900 – 14 February 1987) was the Chief Justice of [[Calcutta High Court]] and Judge of The [[Supreme Court of India]].

==Early life==
Kulada Charan Das Gupta was born in a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] middle class family of Kalia village (presently in [[Bangladesh]]) in [[British India]]. His father Annada Charan was a government servant. He studied from [[Hindu School, Kolkata|Hindu School]] and passed B. A from the [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] in 1920 with first class in [[Economics]]. Then he went to [[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene College]] under [[Cambridge University]] and received Economics Tripos in 1923.<ref name="Gadbois, Jr 2018">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIAyDwAAQBAJ&q=Kulada+Charan+Das+Gupta+justice&pg=PT87|title=Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950–1989|first=George H. | last=Gadbois, Jr|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199088386|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

==Career==
After passing the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1925 he choose judicial service and joined as Assistant Magistrate and collector in [[Bengal]] under [[British Government]]. He was promoted as District and Session Judge in 1934 but took leave for higher study in Law. In 1938 Das Gupta returned to [[England]] and was called to the Bar from [[Gray's Inn]]. He became the judge of Calcutta High Court since 1948 and elevated to the post Chief Justice in 1958. After retirement of Justice [[Phani Bhusan Chakravartti]] he took over the charge of Chief Justice 1948 to 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|website=calcuttahighcourt.nic.in|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019095258/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|archive-date=19 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/article_print.php?article_id=33746|title=Ansari inaugurates sesquicentennial celebrations of Calcutta HC|date=21 April 2012|website=thesundayindian.com|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> In October, 1958 Das Gupta became the Chairman, Commission to enquire into Monopolies and Concentration of Wealth. He was also promoted as a Justice of the Supreme Court of India on 24 August 1959 after retirement of Hon'ble Justice N.H. Bhagwati.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/8763|title=Appointment of Shri Judtice Kulada charan Das Gupta|last=Public Records|first=National Archives of India|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/12_kcdgupta.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> Apart from law Das Gupta was a scholar of Economics and [[Sanskrit literature|Sanskrit Literature]].<ref name="Gadbois, Jr 2018" />

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