Shyamal Kumar Sen (born 25 November 1940) is an Indian jurist who served as a chief justice of the Allahabad High Court and also as a

Governor of West Bengal The Governor of West Bengal is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of West Bengal and a representative of the President of India. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. His official residence is the Raj ...

. He was appointed governor in May 1999 following the resignation of A R Kidwai and served from May 1999 to December 1999.

Early life

After graduating from the

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

, he studied law at the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 593

Career

He had worked as a lecturer in the commercial and industrial laws in the

City College, Kolkata City College is a composite fully state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Kolkata, and played a prominent role in the wake of the Bengal ...

(under the

) from 1964 to 1971, as well as in the faculty of law at the University of Calcutta from 1971 to 1985.Allahabad High Court
/ref> He was elevated as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court in February 1986. He served as chief justice of the Allahabad High Court on 18 July 2000. He served as the

from May to December 1999.

References

* * Living people Chief Justices of the Allahabad High Court Judges of the Calcutta High Court Governors of West Bengal 1940 births Bengali Hindus Politicians from Kolkata Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni University of Calcutta faculty 20th-century Indian judges {{WestBengal-politician-stub