Sir Nalini Ranjan Chatterjee [1] (died 6 September 1942 [2] ) was a judge of the Calcutta High Court, India from 1910 to 1926 and officiated as Chief Justice on three occasions. [3] He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours. [4] He became a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council post retirement. [5]
It was said of Chatterjee by then Chief Justice Rankin that not a single judgment of the former was set aside by the Privy Council. [5]
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