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.

Hon'ble Justice
Tarun Chatterjee
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
27 August 2004 – 14 January 2010
Nominated byChief Justice of India (then S. Rajendra Babu)
Appointed byPresident of India (then A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)
38th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
In office
31 January 2003 – 26 August 2004
Nominated byChief Justice of India (then V. N. Khare)
Appointed byPresident of India (then A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)
Preceded byShyamal Kumar Sen
Succeeded byAjoy Nath Ray
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office
6 August 1990 – 30 January 2003
Nominated byChief Justice of India (then Sabyasachi Mukharji)
Appointed byPresident of India (then R. Venkataraman)
Personal details
Born
Tarun Chatterjee

(1945-01-14) January 14, 1945
Maliara, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bankura, West Bengal, India)
Spouse(s)Kumkum Chatterjee
RelationsJustice Purshottam Chatterjee (father)
Justice Digambar Chatterjee (grandfather)
OccupationJustice
Later work(s)Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission

Family

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

Career

Chatterjee passed B.Sc., LL.B. 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. Justice Chatterjee was elevated in the post of Judge of 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 (CBI) 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 CBI 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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