Former Supreme Court Judge Justice Tarun Chatterjee Passes Away

Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Tarun Chatterjee has passed away.

Born to former Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Purshottam Chatterjee in January 1945, Justice Tarun Chatterjee enrolled as an Advocate in 1970 at Calcutta and practiced in the High Court in Civil, Criminal and Revenue cases. He was appointed as a permanent Judge in the Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990 and as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on January 31, 2003.

Justice Chatterjee was elevated as a Supreme Court Judge on 27th August, 2004 and demitted office on 14th January, 2010.

Post retirement, Justice Chatterjee was appointed as the Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission in October 2013.