Jyotirmay Bhattacharya

The Hon'ble Justice
Jyotirmay Bhattacharya
Acting Chief Justice
of the Calcutta High Court
Assumed office
25 October 2017
Appointed by Ram Nath Kovind (President of India)
Preceded by Rakesh Tiwari (Acting)
Judge, Calcutta High Court
Assumed office
3 December 2003
Appointed by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1956-09-25) 25 September 1956
Alma mater St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya (born 25 September 1956) is the Acting Chief Justice at the Calcutta High Court since October 2017.[1]

Education

Bhattacharya was born in South 24 Parganas, where he was educated at Baruipur High School. Afterwards, he went to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and got his LL. B. degree from the University of Calcutta.[1][2]

Career

Bhattacharya enrolled at the Bar in March 1983. He started practising in the Civil and Writ Jurisdictions of the Calcutta High Court. In 2003, he was appointed a Permanent Judge at the court.[1][2][3]

Notable judgements

  • A High Court bench presided by Bhattacharya held in September 2012 that land acquisition along certain stretches of Kolkata Metro stood lapsed on account of compensation not being awarded to the tenants within the stipulated period. This was in response to a writ petition filed by Central Calcutta Citizens' Welfare Association.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "J. Bhattacharya". www.calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  2. 1 2 "Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya appointed Acting Chief Justice: Calcutta HC". Legal Era. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  3. ↑ "Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya Acting CJ Of Calcutta HC". Kolkata 24x7. 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  4. ↑ Dutta, Ananya (2012-09-12). "Land acquisition for Kolkata Metro stands lapsed: Court". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
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