Chittatosh Mookerjee

Chittatosh Mookerjee (Born 1 January 1929) was the Chief Justice of the Calcutta and Bombay High Court. He is the grandson of Bengali scholar and educator Ashutosh Mukherjee and the nephew of Shyama Prasad Mookerjee.[1][2]

Early life

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 on November 1953.[4]

Career

He was appointed as 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 the Bombay as Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court. Mookerjee was retired from judgeship in 1991.He was also the acting Governor of Maharashtra.[4] In 1990 he was the head of tribunal for 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
  1. "Grandson of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee upset at Mamata's silence on letter". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. "The legacy of 1947". Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. "CHIEF JUSTICE MR. CHITTATOSH MOOKERJEE". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  4. "Judge maintains his humble composure". indianexpress.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. "Former Chief Justices". Archived from the original on April 27, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. A. Jayaram. "Cauvery water dispute to the fore again". thehindu.com. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. Volume 1, Harsh Dobhal, Mathew Jacob. "Rugged Road to Justice: A Social Audit of State Human Rights". Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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