Tapen Sen (born 2 September 1953) is a former judge of the

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located at Esplanade Row West, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. T ...

, the

Punjab and Haryana High Court Punjab and Haryana High Court is the common High Court for the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh based in Chandigarh, India. Sanctioned strength of Judges of this High Court is 85 consisting of 64 Pe ...

and the Jharkhand High Court and is currently holding the chair as the President of the Jharkhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Early life

Born into a wealthy household in Hazaribagh, he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's School and passed his Indian School Examination conducted by the University of Cambridge Local examination Syndicate, U.K. by securing first Division in 1970. He graduated from St. Columba's College, Hazaribag in 1974. He passed his LL.B. Examination from Chotanagpur Law College

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

in 1979.

Career

He joined

Bench of Patna High Court in 1980 and handled cases including

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, civil law,

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, matrimonial disputes and labour disputes. He was appointed counsel for the State Government of

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as Government Pleader for the Ranchi Bench of the

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on 25 July 1997, which he declined citing personal reasons. He was retained as counsel for various state owned enterprises. He was elevated as a Permanent Judge of the Jharkhand High Court on 28 January 2002.

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External links

Jharkhand High Court

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Tapen 1953 births Living people Judges of the Calcutta High Court Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges of the Jharkhand High Court 21st-century Indian judges