Sanjib Banerjee (born: 2 November 1961) is an Indian judge presently serving as the Chief Justice of

Meghalaya High Court The Meghalaya High Court is the High Court of the state of Meghalaya. It was established in March 2013, after making suitable amendments in the Constitution of India and North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act of 1971. Earlier, a bench of t ...

. He has previously served as the Chief Justice of

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

and a Judge in

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located in B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court buildi ...

Career

Banerjee did his schooling from St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and passed B.Sc. with Honors in Economics in 1983 and

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. in the year 1986-87 from

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

. Banerjee started his career as a sports journalist in The Telegraph. Banerjee was enrolled as an Advocate on 21 November 1990. He practiced in various High Courts. He was elevated as Permanent Judge of

on 22 June 2006. He was appointed Chief Justice of

on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 4 January 2021. He was transferred as Chief Justice of

on 15 November 2021 and took oath on 24 November 2021.

References

1961 births Living people Indian judges Judges of the Calcutta High Court Chief Justices of the Madras High Court University of Calcutta alumni St. Paul's School, Darjeeling alumni Chief Justices of the Meghalaya High Court {{India-law-bio-stub