Honourable Justice Dipankar Datta was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari administered the oath of office to Justice Dipankar Datta at a brief swearing-in ceremony held at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on today 28th April, 2020. Before moving to Bombay, he was serving as Senior Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Justice Dipankar Datta succeeds Justice B. P. Dharmadhikari whose term as Chief Justice ended on 27 April 2020.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Devendra Fadnavis, Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Nana Patole, Minister of Protocol and Tourism Aaditya Thackeray, family members of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, judges of the Bombay High Court, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sanjay Kumar, Advocate General Ashotosh Kumbhakoni, Director General of Police Subodh Jaiswal and Commissioner of Mumbai Police Parambir Singh were prominent among those present.
Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta read out the Notification of Appointment of the Chief Justice issued by the President of India. The ceremony began and concluded with the playing of the National Anthem by the Police Band.
Born on 9th February 1965, Justice Dipankar Datta enrolled as an Advocate on 16th November 1989 and practiced in the Calcutta High Court, Gauhati High Court, Jharkhand High Court and also occasionally in Supreme Court of India for about 16 years. His area of practise was Civil, Constitutional, Labour, Service, Education and Transport. He is specialised in Constitutional, Labour and Service matters. He worked as Junior Standing Counsel, State of West Bengal from 16th May, 2002 to 16th January, 2004. He was a Central Government Counsel and held the office of Lawyer-in-charge of the University of West Bengal and the West Bengal School Service Commission. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006.
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