Barin Ghosh (5 June 1952 – 7 October 2015) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of three
High Courts of India
The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However, a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authoriz ...
.
Career
Ghosh was born in 1952. After passing B.Com.,
LL.B. he was enrolled as an Advocate on 19 December 1978 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 ...
. He worked on Civil, Company and Constitutional matters. On 14 July 1995 he was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Justice Ghosh was transferred to
Patna High Court on 7 January 2005. He became the Chief Justice of
Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is the common high court for union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. It was established as the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 26 March 1928 by the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. The s ...
on 31 January 2009. Thereafter Justice Ghosh was also appointed the Chief Justice of the
Sikkim High Court
The Sikkim High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Sikkim. The history of the court can be traced back to 1955, when the High Court of Judicature (Jurisdiction and Powers) Proclamation, 1955 was issued to establish a High Court in S ...
on 13 April 2010. He was transferred to the
Uttarakhand High Court on 6 August 2010 and served there as a Chief Justice. Ghosh died in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...
on 7 October 2015.
References
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1952 births
2015 deaths
Indian judges
Chief Justices of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Chief Justices of the Sikkim High Court
Chief Justices of the Uttarakhand High Court
Judges of the Calcutta High Court
Judges of the Patna High Court
20th-century Indian judges
20th-century Indian lawyers
Bengali people