Summary
Chittatosh Mookerjee (Born 1 January 1929) was the Chief Justice of the Calcutta and Bombay High Court, India. He is the grandson of Bengali scholar and educator Ashutosh Mukherjee and the nephew of Shyama Prasad Mookerjee.[1][2]
Early life edit
Mookerjee was born on 1 January 1929 in Kolkata, British India. His father Rama Prasad Mukherjee was a judge of the Calcutta High Court. He passed Matriculation Examination in the First Division from Mitra Institution, Bhowanipore, got First Class in the Preliminary, Intermediate and Final Law Examinations of the Calcutta University and passed M.A. in Economics in 1951.[3] Mookerjee entered the legal profession in November 1953.[4]
Career edit
He was appointed an additional judge of the Calcutta High Court in 1969, and in 1970, he became a permanent judge of the High Court. In 1986 he was elevated as the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court[5] and was transferred to Bombay as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Mookerjee retired from judgeship in 1991. He was also the acting Governor of Maharashtra.[4] In 1990, he was the head of the tribunal for the Kaveri River water dispute.[6] After retirement, he became the first chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and served there from 1995 to 1998.[7]
References edit
- ^ Konar, Debashis (25 March 2013). "Grandson of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee upset at Mamata's silence on letter". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "The legacy of 1947". Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "CHIEF JUSTICE MR. CHITTATOSH MOOKERJEE". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Judge maintains his humble composure". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Former Chief Justices". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ A. Jayaram (3 September 2004). "Cauvery water dispute to the fore again". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2018.[dead link]
- ^ Volume 1, Harsh Dobhal, Mathew Jacob (2012). Rugged Road to Justice: A Social Audit of State Human Rights. ISBN 9788189479831. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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