Surajit Chandra Lahiri was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

Career

Lahiri passed M.A.

LL.B Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...

. and practiced in the

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 ...

. He became judge of the High Court and was also appointed Chief Justice of the High Court on 17 August 1959 after Justice Kulada Charan Das Gupta was appointed judge of the

Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...

. Lahiri retired on 7 June 1961 from the post. He also served as the vice chancellor of the

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 ...

from 11 January 1962 to 31 October 1962.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lahiri, Surajit Chandra Bengali Hindus Indian judges Judges of the Calcutta High Court Chief Justices of the Calcutta High Court Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta