Justice Amal Kumar Sarkar ( bn, অমল কুমার সরকার) (29 June 1901 – 18 December 2001) was the eighth
Chief Justice of India, from 16 March 1966 up to his retirement on 29 June 1966.
[ Biography on Supreme Court website]
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Education
He studied at the prestigious Scottish Churches College, the Bangabasi College, and at the University Law College
The University Law College, Bangalore University, popularly known as ULC - Bangalore, is a legal education institution located in the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Administration Bangalore University
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, all affiliated with the University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...
.[Sen, Asit. ''Glimpses of College History: The Students and the Teachers'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 234]
Life
He started his career by practising as an advocate in the Calcutta High Court at Kolkata
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. He became a judge at the Calcutta High Court in January 1949, and went on to practice until March 1957.[
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References
Biography on Supreme Court websiteReference to the "late A.K. Sarkar"
Judges of the Calcutta High Court
20th-century Indian judges
Chief justices of India
Scottish Church College alumni
Bangabasi College alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
1901 births
Year of death missing
20th-century Indian lawyers
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