Subhro Kamal Mukherjee

Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (born 10 October 1955, in Bhagalpur) is a former Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka.[2][3] He remained in that office from February 2016 to October 2017.

Honourable Justice

Subhro Kamal Mukherjee
28th Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
In office
23 February 2016[1] – 9 October 2017
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee, President of India
Preceded byDhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Succeeded byH. G. Ramesh (Acting)
Judge of the Karnataka High Court
In office
15 April 2015 – 22 February 2016
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee, President of India
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
In office
15 September 2000 – 14 April 2015
Appointed byK. R. Narayanan, President of India
Personal details
Born (1955-10-10) 10 October 1955
Spouse(s)
Krishna Mukherjee (m. 1981)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Background

Mukherjee comes from a family of lawyers and is a sixth-generation lawyer.[4] He completed his Master of Arts in History and LLB from Calcutta University. He then joined as an Advocate at Calcutta High Court in 1982 practicing mainly in civil and writ matters.[1]

Judicial career

Justice Mukherjee was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court on 15 September 2000. He was transferred to Karnataka High Court on 15 April 2015.[5] Upon transfer of the then Chief Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela to Odisha High Court,[6] he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka on 1 June 2015.[7] He took oath as the Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court on 23 February 2016. His oath was administered by Vajubhai Vala the Governor of Karnataka.[4]

References
  1. "Hon'ble The Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee". karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. Srivastava, Shilpika (25 February 2016). "Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee sworn-in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court". Jagranjosh.com. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  3. "The Gazette of India" (PDF).
  4. "Mukherjee sworn in as 28th Chief Justice". The Hindu. 24 February 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee on Wednesday took oath as a judge of Karnataka high court..Justice Mukherjee was transferred recently from the Calcutta high court".
  6. "Justice Waghela new Odisha Chief Justice". The Hindu.
  7. "Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee appointed as acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court".
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