Sanjib Banerjee

Hon'ble Chief Justice
Sanjib Banerjee
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office
24 November 2021 – 1 November 2023
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
GovernorSatya Pal Malik
Preceded byRanjit Vasantrao More
Succeeded byS. Vaidyanathan
Chief Justice of Madras High Court
In office
4 January 2021 – 16 November 2021
Nominated bySharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Preceded byAmreshwar Pratap Sahi
Succeeded byM. Duraiswamy (acting)
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office
22 June 2006 – 3 January 2021
Nominated byYogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1961-11-02) 2 November 1961 (age 63)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
St. Paul's School, Darjeeling

Sanjib Banerjee (born: 2 November 1961) is an Indian judge who was the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He has previously served as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court and a Judge in Calcutta High Court.[1][2][3]

Career

Banerjee did his schooling from St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and passed B.Sc. with Honors in Economics in 1983 and LL.B. in the year 1986-87 from University of Calcutta. Banerjee started his career as a sports journalist in The Telegraph. Banerjee was enrolled as an Advocate on 21 November 1990. He practiced in various High Courts. He was elevated as Permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court on 22 June 2006. He was appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 4 January 2021. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court on 15 November 2021 and took oath on 24 November 2021.[citation needed] He retired on 1 November 2023.

References

  1. ^ Emmanuel, Meera (4 January 2021). "A Chief Justice is first a judge and only then a Chief: Madras High Court's newly sworn in Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ Bench, Bar & (31 December 2020). "[Breaking] Chief Justices S Muralidhar, Hima Kohli, Sanjib Banerjee appointed for High Courts of Orissa, Telangana, Madras". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "SC Collegium recommends Justice Sanjib Banerjee as Madras HC Chief Justice". The NEWS Minute. 16 December 2020.
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