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Binod Kumar Roy (26 December 1944 – 20 June 2019) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of three
High Courts of India The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authoriz ...
.


Career

Roy was born in 1944. He studied in
Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which is established in 1863 during the British Raj, is one of the oldest colleges in the state of Bihar, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, ...
and passed
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from
Magadh University Magadh University is a public state university and institution of higher education in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. It is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university is governed by the Bihar State University Act 1976. It pro ...
. He started his career in the
Patna High Court The Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 9 February 1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915. The court is based in Patna, the administrative capital of the state of Bihar, ...
as an advocate. Roy was elevated as a Judge of the Patna High Court on 31 October 1988. In April 1994 he was transferred to the Allahabad High Court. Roy became the Chief Justice of
Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 ...
on 14 October 2002. He was subsequently moved to the
Gauhati High Court The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the ''Government of India Act 1935'' was passed. Establishing the High Court of Assam with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then Province of Assam. It ...
and served there as the Chief Justice. On 30 September 2005, Justice Roy became the Chief Justice of the
Sikkim High Court The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim. The history of the court can be traced back to 1955, when the High Court of Judicature (Jurisdiction and Powers) Proclamation, 1955 was issued to establish a High Court in S ...
after retirement of Justice
Radha Krishna Patra Radha Krishna Patra (24 November 1942—28 January 2015) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. Career Patra was enrolled as an advocate in 1966 and started practice in the Orissa High Court on Civil, Criminal, Reven ...
. He retired from the judgeship on 27 December 2006 and died on 20 June 2019.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roy, Binod Kumar 1944 births 2019 deaths Indian judges Judges of the Patna High Court Judges of the Allahabad High Court Chief Justices of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justices of the Gauhati High Court Chief Justices of the Sikkim High Court 20th-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian judges Magadh University alumni Patna University alumni