Sujit Barman Roy (born 28 January 1945) was an Indian judge and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.

Career

Sujit Barman Roy studied in Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan under the Visva Bharati University. He graduated from Maharaja Bir Bikram College of

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. In 1974, he passed LL.B. from Hazra Law College,

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and started practice at Agartala Bench under the

Gauhati High Court The Gauhati High Court was promulgated by governor general of India on 1 March 1948 after the Government of India Act 1935 was passed, establishing the high court with effect from 5 April 1948, for the then-province of Assam. It was originall ...

. Barman Roy became the Advocate General of Tripura in 1988. On 14 November 1991 he was appointed a permanent judge of the Gauhati High Court. In 1997 Justice Barman Roy was transferred to the

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thereafter elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Orissa High Court in 2003. He retired from the post in January 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barman Roy, Sujit 1945 births Living people Judges of the Gauhati High Court Judges of the Calcutta High Court Chief justices of the Orissa High Court University of Calcutta alumni People associated with Santiniketan