Centre Notifies Appointment Of 9 Additional Judges To Calcutta High Court

The Centre has notified the appointment of 9 additional judges to the Calcutta High Court.

Following are the advocates who have been appointed as additional judges: 

 (i) Biswaroop Chowdhury,

(ii) Partha Sarathi Sen,

(iii) Prasenjit Biswas,

(iv) Uday Kumar,

(v) Ajay Kumar Gupta,

(vi) Supratim Bhattacharya,

(vii) Partha Sarathi Chatterjee,

(viii) Apurba Sinha Ray,

(ix) Md. Shabbar Rashidi

The appointment shall be for a period of two years.

As on 01.08.2022, the Calcutta High Court has a working strength of 46 judges, as against the sanctioned strength of 72 judges and the vacancy position being 26.

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