Debesh Chandra Bhattacharya (3 November 1914 2 February 2004) was a Bangladeshi jurist who served at Bangladesh High Court and later at the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Early life

Bhattacharya was born on 3 November 1914 in Ellenga,

Tangail District Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল জেলা) formerly a small Mohokuma of Greater Mymensingh district is a district (''zila'') in the central region of Bangladesh. In 1969, Tangail district was created by Tangail Mohokuma from its 237 ...

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, British India. He studied at the Ellenga Junior High School and graduated from Bindu Basini Govt. Boys' High School in 1931. He completed his Indian School Certificate in 1933 and bachelors in 1935 from

Presidency University, Kolkata Presidency University, Kolkata (formerly known as Presidency College, Kolkata) is a second major public state aided research university located in College Street, Kolkata. Considered as one of best colleges when Presidency College was affili ...

. In 1938, he finished his law degree from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta. In 1940, he completed his master's in economics from the University of Calcutta.

Career

Bhattacharya joined the

Mymensingh District Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is a district in Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya, a state of India and the Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur District, on the east by the districts of Ne ...

bar in 1941. From 1949 to 1951, he was detained for supporting workers and farmers movements. After his release he started practicing at the Dhaka High Court. In 1956, Bhattacharya became a lawyer of the Supreme Court and became a senior advocate in 1961. He joined the Bar Council. He served in the Rule Committee of the Dhaka High Court till the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971 when the court became the High Court Division. On 21 January 1972, Bhattacharya was appointed a Judge of the High Court Division and in June 1975 he was promoted to the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He retired from the bench in 1977 after President

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reduced the retirement age of judges from 65 to 62. Bhattacharya was the founding president of Bangladesh Enemy Property Act Repeal Committee and was involved in the creation of

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. He was a member of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Bangladesh Nagarik Committee, and Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee. He was the president of Aleem-Al-Razi Law College which was named after Aleem al-Razee and

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Death

Bhattacharya died on 2 February 2004.

Personal life

Bhattacharya was married to

Chitra Bhattacharya Chitra Bhattacharya (1926November 29, 2010) was a member of parliament of Bangladesh Jatya Sangsad. She was appointed from Tangail for the seat reserved for women in 1996 as an Awami League candidate. Early life and career Bhattacharya was b ...

. Chitra (1926-2010) was elected as a member of parliament from Tangail's reserved seat for women in 1996 on a nomination of Awami League. They had two sons, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya and physicist Debadarshi Bhattacharya, and one daughter Debalina Roy.

References

1914 births 2004 deaths Bengali Hindus Bangladeshi Hindus People from Tangail District Bangladeshi judges University of Calcutta alumni {{Bangladesh-law-bio-stub