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COVER STORY
JUSTICE INDIRA BANERJEE
Chief Justice, Madras High Court
J
ustice Indira Banerjee assumed charge
as the Chief Justice of Madras High
Court on 5 April, 2017.
On 8 August, 2016, she assumed charge
as the seniormost Judge of the Delhi High
Court and was the Executive Chairman of
the Delhi State Legal Services Authority.
She was Chairperson of the Calcutta High
Court Legal Services Committee for several
years and officiated as the Executive
Chairperson of the West Bengal Legal
Services Authority from 9 October, 2015 till
her transfer as a Judge of the Delhi High
Court. In July 2013, she was nominated to
undergo training in Judicial Administration
at the Civil Services College, Singapore.
Justice Banerjee had been a Member of
the Committee of Good Governance of the
West Bengal Judicial Academy for almost
a decade. She was also the Treasurer of
the Calcutta Chapter of the Indian Law
Institute. She is a Member of the General
Council and the Executive Council of the
National University of Juridicial Sciences,
Kolkata.
She enrolled as an Advocate on 5 July, 1985
and had an extensive practice both in the
Original Side and Appellate Sides of Calcutta
High Court in all branches of law, except
Criminal Law. After 16½ years of practice,
she was appointed Permanent Judge of
Calcutta High Court on 5 February, 2002.
She is a Resource Person of the National
Judicial Academy, Bhopal and other Judicial
Academies.
Justice Banerjee was born on 24 September,
1957, in Calcutta. She studied at Loreto
House, Calcutta, after which, she graduated
from Presidency College, Calcutta, with an
Honours in History. She studied Law at
Calcutta University College of Law.
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