Amarendra Nath Sen (born 1 October 1920) was a

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Indian jurist, who served as the chief justice of the

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in 1979 and as a judge in the

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. His grandfather

Baikuntha Nath Sen Baikuntha Nath Sen (1843 – 1922) was a Bengali scholar, lawyer and philanthropist. His grandson Amarendra Nath Sen was a judge of Supreme Court of India. Early life Sen was born in a Zamindar family of Alampur village in Bardhaman district i ...

was a notable political leader and prominent lawyer of

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Early life and education

Born on 1 October 1920, he studied at the Saidabad Hardinge H.E. School in

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, the

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, the

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and the

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of the

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.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 591 Subsequently, he passed his Barrister-at-Law examinations from the

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in London.

Career

He had started out as an advocate at the

in January 1947 prior to independence. He dealt with mainly civil cases in the Calcutta High Court. He was appointed an additional judge, and later a permanent judge of that high court in 1966. He was appointed the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court in December 1979. He was appointed a judge in the

in January 1981. He retired in September 1985.

References

1920 births Indian barristers Judges of the Calcutta High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India Members of the Inner Temple Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Possibly living people Chief justices of the Calcutta High Court 20th-century Indian judges 20th-century Indian lawyers Krishnath College alumni {{India-law-bio-stub