Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon'ble Justice |
Jyotirmay Bhattacharya | |
Office: | Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court |
Term Start: | 25 October 2017 |
Term End: | 24 September 2018 |
Appointer: | Ram Nath Kovind (President of India) |
Predecessor: | Rakesh Tiwari (acting) |
Office1: | Judge, Calcutta High Court |
Term Start1: | 3 December 2003 |
Term End1: | 24 September 2018 |
Appointer1: | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Birth Date: | 1956 9, df=yes |
Alma Mater: | St. Xavier's College, Kolkata |
Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya (born 25 September 1956) was the former Acting Chief Justice at the Calcutta High Court from October 2017 to April 2018 and was the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta from 1 May 2018 to September 2018.[1]
Bhattacharya was born in South 24 Parganas, where he was educated at Baruipur High School. Afterward, he went to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and got his LL. B. degree from the University of Calcutta.[1] [2]
Bhattacharya enrolled at the Bar in March 1983. He started practising in the Civil and Writ Jurisdictions of the Calcutta High Court. In 2003, he was appointed a Permanent Judge at the court.[1] [2] [3]