Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya (born 25 September 1956) was the former Acting Chief Justice at the

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from October 2017 to April 2018 and was the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta from 1st May 2018 to September 2018.

Education

Bhattacharya was born in

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, where he was educated at

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. Afterward, he went to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and got his LL. B. degree from the

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Career

Bhattacharya enrolled at the

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in March 1983. He started practising in the Civil and Writ Jurisdictions of the Calcutta High Court. In 2003, he was appointed a Permanent Judge at the court.

Notable judgements

* A High Court bench presided by Bhattacharya held in September 2012 that land acquisition along certain stretches of

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stood lapsed on account of compensation not being awarded to the tenants within the stipulated period. This was in response to a writ petition filed by Central Calcutta Citizens' Welfare Association.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Jyotirmay 1956 births 20th-century Indian lawyers 21st-century Indian judges Judges of the Calcutta High Court Living people People from South 24 Parganas district St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni