Tarun Chatterjee

Tarun Chatterjee (born 14 January 1945) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of India and chairman of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.

Tarun Chatterjee
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
27 August 2004 – 14 January 2010
Nominated byS. Rajendra Babu
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
38th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
In office
31 January 2003 – 26 August 2004
Nominated byV. N. Khare
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byShyamal Kumar Sen
Succeeded byAjoy Nath Ray
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
In office
6 August 1990 – 30 January 2003
Nominated bySabyasachi Mukharji
Appointed byR. Venkataraman
Personal details
Born
Tarun Chatterjee

(1945-01-14) January 14, 1945
Maliara, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bankura, West Bengal, India)
SpouseKumkum Chatterjee
RelationsPurshottam Chatterjee (father)
Digambar Chatterjee (grandfather)
Later work(s)Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission

Family

Chatterjee is the son of Purshottam Chatterjee, former judge of the Calcutta High Court. His great-grandfather Digambar Chatterjee was also a judge of the Calcutta High Court in British India. Chatterjee married Kumkum Chatterjee. Their son Aniruddha Chatterjee is a practicing advocate of Calcutta High Court.[1]

Career

Chatterjee passed B.Sc., Bachelor of Laws. and was enrolled as an advocate in 1970. He started practice in the Calcutta High Court in Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters. He became the permanent judge in the same high court on 6 August 1990. In 2003 he was appointed the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court. Chatterjee was elevated in the post of judge of the Supreme Court of India on 27 August 2004.[2] He retired on 14 January 2010. After the retirement he became the chairman of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.[3][4]

Controversy

In 2010, an extensive Central Bureau of Investigation investigation into the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 6.58 crore from the provident fund accounts of class III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad district court, found few names of judges in higher judiciary. The report submitted by Central Bureau of Investigation officials was perused by a bench comprising justices D. K. Jain, V. S. Sirpurkar and G. S. Singhvi which mentioned the name of Justice Chatterjee.[3][5] But he denied the allegations.[6]

References
  1. "Chief Justice & Judges". sci.gov.in. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  2. "HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD". Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. "Justice Tarun Chatterjee appointed as new chairman of UP Human Rights Commission". Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. "Introduction" (PDF). Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. "Courting A Quiet Burial?". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  6. "CBI for action against 24 judges in PF scam". India Today. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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