HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Sailendu Nath Phukan
OR:
Sailendu Nath Phukan on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Sailendu Nath Phukan (1 April 1937 – 11 November 2018) or S. N. Phukan was an Indian judge and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.


Career

After passing LL.B. Phukan first joined Jorhat District court then started practice in
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 ...
in 1962. He passed Assam Judicial Service in 1963. In 1970 he joined the Government of Meghalaya on deputation and became the Law Secretary and Legal Remembrancer in January 1976. He also served as part time lecturer in Shillong Law College as well as legal advisor of various corporations of the State. Phukan was elevated as Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court in 1985. On 30 September 1994 he was transferred to
Himachal Pradesh High Court The Himachal Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh was born as a result of integration of twenty six Province and four Punjab hill States into a Centrally Administered Area on 15 Ap ...
as acting Chief Justice. In 1996 he became the Chief Justice of
Orissa High Court The Orissa High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha. The then Bengal Presidency was a vast province including present day Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and West Bengal. It was difficult to administratively manage such a ...
. Justice Phukan joined the
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India (IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...
as a Judge on 28 January 1999. He retired in 2002 from the judgeship. After a prolonged illness he died at age 81 on 11 November 2018.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phukan, Sailendu Nath 1937 births 2018 deaths People from Assam Justices of the Supreme Court of India Judges of the Gauhati High Court Chief Justices of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justices of the Orissa High Court 20th-century Indian judges 21st-century Indian judges