Centre Notifies Appointment Of 5 Additional Judges To Calcutta High Court

The Central government on Thursday notified the appointment of five persons as additional judges of Calcutta High Court. The five persons are Kesang Doma Bhutia, Rabindranath Samanta, Sugato Majumdar, Bivas Pattanayak and Ananda Kumar Mukherjee.

The notification issued by the Additional Secretary to Government of India, Rajinder Kashyap stated,

"In exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Miss Kesang Doma Bhutia, S/Shri (2) Rabindranath Samanta, (3) Sugato Majumdar, (4) Bivas Pattanayak, and (5) Ananda Kumar Mukherjee, to be Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court, in that order of seniority," 

Sugato Majumdar, and Bivas Pattanayak have been appointed for a period of 2 years, whereas the other persons have been given shorter tenures. Kesang Doma Bhutia has been given a tenure of little over 9 months till May 4, 2022. Rabindranath Samanta has been appointed till June 23, 2023 while Ananda Kumar Mukherjee has been given a tenure till August 4, 2022.

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