Girish Chandra Gupta

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Girish Chandra Gupta (born 1 December 1954) was an Indian judge and the former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.

Career

Gupta passed LL.B. and enrolled as an advocate on 20 September 1982. He practiced in the Calcutta High Court for 17 years in Civil, Constitutional, Company, Arbitration and Commercial matters. He was appointed a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on 15 September 2000. Gupta has been officiating as acting chief justice for Calcutta High Court since Chief Justice Manjula Chellur was transferred to Bombay High Court. Finally he became the Chief Justice of the same High Court on 21 September 2016. [1] [2] Justice Gupta's appointment as Chief Justice is a rare occurrence because the current policy on judges' appointments, evolved in 1998 bars the elevation of a high court judge as chief justice of the same High Court. [3] He retired on 30 November 2016 [4] and was appointed the Chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Hon'ble Justice Girish Chandra Gupta". calcuttahighcourt.gov.in. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Know Your Judges" . Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "A 'rare' chief justice moment". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Girish Chandra Gupta sworn in as Calcutta HC chief justice". Business Standard. IANS. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Justice Girish Chandra Gupta new Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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