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Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India.[1] It is located at Esplanade Row West, Kolkata (also scribed as Calcutta), West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Gothic Revival building was completed in 1872, and designed by Walter Long Bozzi Granville.[2]

Currently, the court has a sanctioned judge strength of 72.

History

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Calcutta High Court in the 1860s
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Calcutta High Court in the 1890s

The Calcutta High Court is one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, and is the oldest High Court in India. It was brought into existence as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William by the Letters Patent dated 14 May 1862,[3] issued under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William. The court was formally opened on 1 July 1862.

The building was designed by Walter Long Bozzi Granville, and loosely modelled on the Ypres Cloth Hall in Flanders, Belgium, with a similar long facade of serried Gothic pointed arches, and a tall central tower with corner spires.[4] It is constructed of red brick with stucco dressings above a vaulted cloister of Barakur sandstone. It has been described as the only significant secular Gothic building in the city, something of an aberration amid the neoclassical edifices of other government buildings, such as Granville's own earlier General Post Office building in Dalhousie Square.[2]

Despite the name of the city having officially changed from Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001, the Court, as an institution retained the old name. The bill to rename it as Kolkata High Court was approved by the Union Cabinet on 5 July 2016 along with the renaming of its two other counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai.[5] The Bill called High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 19 July 2016[6] and is yet to be passed by both Houses of Parliament. Hence, the High Court still retains the old name.

Principal seat and benches

The seat of the Calcutta High Court is Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. As per the Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953, the Calcutta High Court's jurisdiction was extended to cover Chandernagore (now called Chandannagar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as of 2 May 1950. The Calcutta High Court extended its Circuit Bench in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in Jalpaiguri, the divisional headquarters of the North Bengal region. On 7 February 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind finalised the opening of the other circuit bench in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal with the jurisdiction area[7] within 5 districts- Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.

Chief Justice and Judges

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 72 (Permanent:54, Additional:18) judges.

Sitting Judges of Calcutta High Court-Template:See also

Currently, Justice Sujoy Paul is the Chief Justice of the court. Sir Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of the High Court. He assumed the charge when the court was founded on 1 July 1862. Sir Romesh Chandra Mitra was the first officiating Indian Chief Justice and Phani Bhushan Chakravartti was the first permanent Indian Chief Justice of the court. The longest-serving Chief Justice was Justice Sankar Prasad Mitra.

List of Chief Justices

# Chief Justice Term
1 Sir Barnes Peacock 1862–1870
2 Sir Richard Couch 1870–1875
3 Sir Richard Garth 1875–1886
— Sir Romesh Chandra Mitra (acting) 1886[8]
4 Sir William Comer Petheram 1886–1896
5 Sir Francis William Maclean 1896–1909
— Sir Chunder Madhub Ghose (acting) 1906[8]
6 Sir Lawrence Hugh Jenkins 1909–1915
7 Sir Lancelot Sanderson 1915–1926
— Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (acting) 1920, 1923[8]
8 Sir George Claus Rankin 1926–1934
9 Sir Harold Derbyshire 1934–1946
10 Sir Arthur Trevor Harries 1946–1952
After Indian Independence
11 Phani Bhusan Chakravartti 1952–1958
12 Kulada Charan Das Gupta 1958–1959
13 Surajit Chandra Lahiri 1959–1961
14 Himansu Kumar Bose 1961–1966
15 Deep Narayan Sinha 1966–1970
16 Prasanta Bihari Mukharji 1970–1972
17 Sankar Prasad Mitra 1972–1979
18 Amarendra Nath Sen 1979–1981
19 Sambhu Chandra Ghose 1981–1983
20 Samarendra Chandra Deb January 1983 – February 1983
21 Satish Chandra 1983–1986
22 Anil Kumar Sen September 1986 – October 1986
23 Chittatosh Mookerjee 1 November 1986 – 1 November 1987
24 Debi Singh Tewatia 1 November 1987 – 1988
25 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai 1988–1991
26 Nagendra Prasad Singh 4 February 1992 – 14 June 1992
27 Anandamoy Bhattacharjee 1992–1994
28 Krishna Chandra Agarwal 1994–1996
29 V. N. Khare 2 February 1996 – 20 March 1997
30 Prabha Shankar Mishra 1997–1998
31 Ashok Kumar Mathur 22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004
32 V. S. Sirpurkar 20 March 2005 – 11 January 2007
33 Surinder Singh Nijjar 8 March 2007 – 16 November 2009
34 Mohit Shantilal Shah 24 December 2009 – 25 June 2010
35 Jai Narayan Patel 2010 – 4 October 2012
36 Arun Kumar Mishra 14 December 2012 – 6 July 2014
37 Manjula Chellur 5 August 2014 – 21 August 2016
38 Girish Chandra Gupta 21 September 2016 – 30 November 2016
39 Jyotirmay Bhattacharya 1 May 2018 – 24 September 2018
40 Debasish Kar Gupta 30 October 2018 – 31 December 2018
41 Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan 4 April 2019 — 28 April 2021
42 Prakash Shrivastava 11 October 2021 — 30 March 2023
43 T. S. Sivagnanam 11 May 2023 — 15 September 2025
44 Sujoy Paul 16 January 2026 – Incumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justice

This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Calcutta. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Calcutta High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Calcutta High Court but does not have Calcutta as their Parent High Court.Template:Col-beginTemplate:Col-2

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Walter Morgan Allahabad, transferred to Madras Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [9]
Lawrence Hugh Jenkins File:Lawrence Hugh Jenkins.png Bombay, transferred to Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [10]
John Stanley File:Chief Justice Sir John Stanley.png Allahabad Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd [11][12]
George Claus Rankin File:Sir George Claus Rankin.jpg Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts [10]
Sarat Kumar Ghosh File:Sarath Ghosh in Chicago.jpg Jammu & Kashmir, transferred to RajasthanTemplate:Efn Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd [13][14]
Ronald Francis Lodge Gauhati Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd
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Phani Bhusan Chakravartti File:Phani Bhusan Chakravartti.jpg Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd [10]
Kulada Charan Das Gupta File:Kulada Charan Das Gupta.jpg Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd
Surajit Chandra Lahiri File:Surojit Chandra Lahiri CU.jpg Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [15]
Prasanta Bihari Mukharji Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [16]
Subodh Ranjan Das Gupta Karnataka Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [17]
Himansu Kumar Bose File:Himansu Kumar Bose.jpg Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [18]
Deep Narayan Sinha Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [19]
Sankar Prasad Mitra Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [20]
Amarendra Nath Sen Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
Sambhu Chandra Ghose Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [21]
Samarendra Chandra Deb Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [22][23]
Pradyot Kumar Banerjee Rajasthan Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [24]
Anil Kumar Sen Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [25]
Chittatosh Mookerjee Calcutta, transferred to Bombay Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [26]
Dipak Kumar Sen Patna Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [27]
Rabindranath Pyne Delhi Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [28]
Bimal Chandra Basak Patna Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [29]
Ganendra Narayan Ray Gujarat Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
Manoj Kumar Mukherjee Allahabad, transferred to Bombay Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
Mukul Gopal Mukherjee Rajasthan Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [30]
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Nirendra Krishna Mitra Allahabad Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [31]
Shyamal Kumar Sen File:Shyamal Kumar Sen - Kolkata 2012-10-03 0511.JPG Allahabad Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [32]
Tarun Chatterjee Allahabad Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
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Debasish Kar Gupta Calcutta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [33]
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Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice

Name Appointed as ACJ in HC of Date of appointment as Judge Period as Acting Chief Justice Date of retirementTemplate:Efn Tenure as ACJ Tenure as Judge Remarks Ref..
P. B. Mukharji Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Became permanent [35]
S. Mukharji Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Elevated to Supreme Court [36]
Tarun Kumar Basu Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [37][38]
Rabindranath Pyne Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Elevated as CJ of Delhi [39]
Manashnath Roy Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [40]
Samir Kumar Mookherjee Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Retired as ACJ [41][42]
Susanta Chatterjee Orissa Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [43]
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Retired as ACJ [44]
S. K. Sen Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Appointed as Acting Governor of West Bengal [45]
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd --
Allahabad Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Became permanent
A. N. Ray Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Elevated as CJ of Allahabad [46]
A. Kabir Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Elevated as CJ of Jharkhand [47]
A. K. Ganguly Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [48]
Orissa Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Became permanent
Malay Sengupta Sikkim Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [49]
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd
Amitava Lala Allahabad Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [50]
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Retired as ACJ
B. Bhattacharya Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [51]
Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd [52]
Gujarat Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Became permanent
P. C. Ghose Andhra Pradesh Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
K. J. Sengupta Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Transferred to Uttarakhand [53]
Pratap Kumar Ray Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd -- [54]
Ashim Kumar Banerjee Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd [55][56]
S. K. Mukherjee Karnataka Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Became permanent [57]
G. C. Gupta Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Became permanent [33]
J. M. Bhattacharya Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
D. K. Gupta Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd
Biswanath Somadder Calcutta Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd --
Soumen Sen Calcutta Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Incumbent Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Elevated as CJ of Meghalaya
Arindam Sinha Orissa Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Spaced en dash spaceTemplate:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd --

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Judges elevated to Supreme Court

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Calcutta. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Calcutta High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Calcutta High Court but does not have Calcutta as their Parent High Court. Template:Legend Template:Col-beginTemplate:Col-2

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# Name of the Judge Image Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Immediately preceding office
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1 Bijan Kumar Mukherjea File:Bijan Kumar Mukherjea, 4th Chief Justice of India.jpg Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Efn Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
2 Sudhi Ranjan Das File:Justice Sudhi Ranjan Das.jpg Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Efn Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 2nd CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
3 Amal Kumar Sarkar File:Justice A.K. Sarkar.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
4 Kulada Charan Das Gupta File:Kulada Charan Das Gupta.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd 12th CJ of Calcutta HC
5 Ranadhir Singh Bachawat Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
6 Gopendra Krishna Mitter Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
7 Ajit Nath Ray File:Justice A.N. Ray.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
8 Arun Kumar Mukherjea Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
9 Alak Chandra Gupta Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
10 Amarendra Nath Sen Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 18th CJ of Calcutta HC
11 Sabyasachi Mukharji File:Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:DtsTemplate:Ref label Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Acting CJ of Calcutta HC
12 Bankim Chandra Ray Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
13 Murari Mohan Dutt Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
14 Ganendra Narayan Ray Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 11th CJ of Gujarat HC
15 Manoj Kumar Mukherjee Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 27th CJ of Bombay HC
16 Suhas C. Sen Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
17 Umesh Chandra Banerjee File:Umesh Chandra Banerjee, 2006 (cropped).jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
18 Ruma Pal File:Ruma Pal.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC
19 Tarun Chatterjee Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 38th CJ of Allahabad HC
20 Altamas Kabir File:Justice Altamas Kabir.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 3rd CJ of Jharkhand HC
21 Asok Kumar Ganguly File:Asok Kumar Ganguly - Kolkata 2015-03-21 6970.JPG Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 34th CJ of Madras HC
22 Pinaki Chandra Ghose File:Pinaki Chandra Ghosh.png Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd CJ of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh HC
23 Indira Banerjee File:Justice Indira Banerjee.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 39th CJ of Madras HC
24 Aniruddha Bose File:Justice Aniruddha Bose.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 12th CJ of Jharkhand HC
25 Dipankar Datta File:Justice Dipankar Datta.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Incumbent Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd 45th CJ of Bombay HC
26 Joymalya Bagchi File:Justice Joymalya Bagchi.jpg Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Template:Ayd Judge of Calcutta HC

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Building

The neo-Gothic High Court building was constructed in 1872, ten years after the establishment of the court itself. The design, by then government architect Walter Granville, was loosely modelled on the 13th-century Cloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium.[4] In 1977 another building named High Court Centenary Building or annexed building was inaugurated to reduce the pressure.[58]

Connectivity

Rails

Eden Gardens railway station is the nearest railway station, which is 650 meters away from the court. Esplanade metro station, the nearest rapid rail transit is 1.3 km away.Template:Citation needed

References

  1. ↑ Which is the oldest High Court in India?. TimesNow(29 October 2022). Retrieved 2022-10-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The High Court, Kolkata, by Walter L. B. Granville (1819-1874). victorianweb.org. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Court's official website. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
  5. ↑ Cabinet renames high courts in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai(5 July 2016).
  6. ↑ Govt. moves Bill to change names of High Courts. The Hindu(20 July 2016). Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Orders/notification of establishment of a bench of Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri (English/ Hindi) (07.02.2019). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Supreme Court of Bangladesh. www.supremecourt.gov.bd. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
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  13. ↑ THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1929..
  14. ↑ Former Chairmen of RPSC.
  15. ↑ Appointment of S. C. Lahiri as Chief Justice.
  16. ↑ Allegations against P. B. Mukharji.
  17. ↑ Appointment of S. R. Das Gupta as Chief Justice.
  18. ↑ Appointment of H. K. Bose as Chief Justice.
  19. ↑ Appointment of D. N. Sinha as Permanent Chief Justice.
  20. ↑ Appointment of S. P. Mitra.
  21. ↑ Appointment of S. C. Ghose.
  22. ↑ Appointment of S. C. Deb as judge.
  23. ↑ Appointment of S. C. Deb as CJ.
  24. ↑ Appointment of P. K. Banerjee as judge.
  25. ↑ Appointment of A. K. Sen as judge.
  26. ↑ Official Website of High Court of Bombay. bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
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  28. ↑ Justice Rabindranath Pyne | Welcome To Delhi High Court. www.delhihighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
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  32. ↑ Appointment of S. K. Sen (pg. no. 97).
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Former Chief Justices of Calcutta High Court.
  34. ↑ Calcutta High Court - Judges, Court, Calcutta High. www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
  35. ↑ Appointment of P. B. Mukharji as Acting CJ.
  36. ↑ Justice Sabyasachi Mukherjee | Supreme Court of India | India. www.sci.gov.in. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  37. ↑ Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as on ...{{#if:Court|, Court}. Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India.(1979)
  38. ↑ Calcutta Chemical Co. Ltd. v. Dhiresh Chandra Roy., Calcutta High Court, Judgment, Law, casemine.com. www.casemine.com. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
  39. ↑ Judgement mentioning R. N. Pyne as Acting CJ.
  40. ↑ Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as on ...{{#if:Court|, Court}. Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India.(1988)
  41. ↑ Your Honour, send 'em to this school. They will at least learn to feel shame. Telegraph India. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  42. ↑ Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as on ...{{#if:Court|, Court}. Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India.(1988)
  43. ↑ Read more on Harekrushna Samal and Others Vs. Kashi Mallik and Others on 30 July, 1996 - Legitquest. Find Court Judgments and Legal Cases in India. www.legitquest.com. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  44. ↑ Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as on ...{{#if:Court|, Court}. Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India.(1999)
  45. ↑ Hon'ble Mr. Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen. www.allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
  46. ↑ Profile : Justice Ajoy Kumar Ray.
  47. ↑ High Court of Jharkhand, India. jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
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