Indira Banerjee (born 24 September 1957) is a former judge of the

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and the eighth female judge in history of Supreme Court. Previously, she served as chief justice of the

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, the second woman to hold the position in India.

Early life

Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She started her education at the Loreto House in

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. She pursued higher education at the

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and the Department of Law, University of Calcutta. She was enrolled as an advocate on 5 July 1985 and practised before the

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Judicial career

Banerjee was appointed a permanent judge of the

on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the

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with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the chief justice of the

and assumed charge on 5 April 2017. Banerjee succeeded Justice

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as the chief justice of the

, after she was elevated to the

. She is the second woman to head the

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ed High Court, after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar who headed the court between June and November 1992. She was elevated as a judge of Supreme Court of India on 7 August 2018. She was retired on 23 September 2022.

References

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