Samaraditya Pal or Bacchu Pal, (15 December 1938 – 9 March 2023) was an Indian senior advocate and one of the most prominent barristers of the

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. His wife,

Ruma Pal Justice Ruma Pal (born 3 June 1941) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. She retired on 3 June 2006. Early life She read for her B.C.L degree at St Anne's College, Oxford and started practice in 1968 in Civil, Revenue, Labour and ...

, is a retired judge of the

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Life and career

Pal completed his schooling from St Xavier’s School and passed from

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. He passed LL.B from

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. Pal acquired his barrister degree from

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. Pal authored books on various subjects of law, which were published by LexisNexis. He had represented several famous cases, amongst them were representing Tata Motors and the Election Commission of

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in Panchayet Poll. Pal died at age 84 on 9 March 2023 in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pal, Samaraditya 1938 births 2023 deaths Indian barristers University of Calcutta alumni Presidency University, Kolkata alumni Senior advocates in India Members of the Inner Temple