Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh or Ghose,

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(3 July 1879 – 8 January 1963) was an Indian civil servant and a

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Background and education

He was the son of

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Tarini Kumar Ghosh,

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of Registration of the

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. He was a student of Mitra Institution, Calcutta and

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, where he earned first-class honours. He was married to Niraj Nalini Ghosh (née De), the third daughter of

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, the 8th Indian member of the

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. After his marriage he went to

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where he successfully took the Open Competitive Service Examination, joining the judicial wing of the service. He joined the

in 1903. Great Britain India Office, ''The India List and India Office List, 1905'', (India Office, Great Britain, Published by Harrison, 1905)
/ref> He was also called to the

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by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.Sarat Kumar Ghosh, Justice: A Journal of the West Bengal Judicial Service Association, July 1959, p. 134

Career

He was the Additional Judge of

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, District Judge of

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and then the District Judge of Hooghly in 1929. Later, he appointed as a

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of the

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. He was conferred a

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hood in 1938.London Gazette, 22 July 1938
/ref> He became the Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of

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and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of Kashmir from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court
/ref> At the time of India's independence he became the Interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan. He was also Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.
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Later life

After returning from Rajasthan, the Government of West Bengal appointed him as Judge of a one-man Tribunal to deal with cases involving communist insurgents in the state. Through the 1950s he was a Steward of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, a position he retained until the end of his life.

References

External links

Official Website of Royal Calcutta Turf Club
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