Biswanath Somadder

Biswanath Somadder (born 15 December 1963) is an Indian Judge. Presently, he is Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He is former Judge of Allahabad High Court and Calcutta High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

Hon'ble Chief Justice

Biswanath Somadder
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
Assumed office
27 April 2020
Nominated bySharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byMohammad Rafiq
Judge of Allahabad High Court
In office
17 October 2019 – 26 April 2020
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office
22 June 2006 – 16 October 2019
Nominated byYogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born (1963-12-15) 15 December 1963
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Early life and education

Somadder was born on 15 December 1963. He completed his schooling from the La Martiniere for Boys school, Calcutta. He then passed his Bachelor of Arts and LL.B from the University of Calcutta and also completed a Certificate Course on Office Automation Tools under the Computer Education Programme of the Regional Computer Centre, Kolkata.

Career

Somadder was enrolled as an Advocate on 21 July 1989. He practised in the High Court at Calcutta as well as the Supreme Court of India and also appeared before CESTAT, Eastern Regional Bench. Somadder practised in Constitutional (Customs & Central Excise, FERA, Telecommunication, Education, Service and Income Tax), Arbitration, Company, Revenue, Civil and Criminal matters, and specialised in Revenue, Arbitration and Constitutional laws. Somadder was Senior Counsel for the Central Government in the High Court at Calcutta and was also the Hony. Joint Secretary of the Bar Library Club of Calcutta High Court, till just prior to his elevation.

On 22 June 2006, he was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court.[1][2] Justice Somadder was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the State Legal Services Authority of West Bengal on 5 November 2018.[3] Appointed as Judge-in-Charge, Administrative Department, High Court at Calcutta, to discharge the functions assigned under the Appellate Side Rules of the High Court at Calcutta, with effect from 19 November 2018. He became the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court from 1 January 2019 and retained the post till 3 April 2019. [4][5][6] He assumed charge as Judge of the Allahabad High Court on 17 October 2019. On 23 April 2020, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court and took oath on 27 April 2020.[7]

References
  1. "16 new judges join Calcutta High Court". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "16 new judges, five slots still empty". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "Judge Information". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. "Justice Biswanath Somadder appointed Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court". Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. "Biswanath Somadder to be acting chief justice from January 1". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. "হাইকোর্টের নতুন ভারপ্রাপ্ত প্রধান বিচারপতি বিশ্বনাথ সমাদ্দার" (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. "Justice Biswanath Somadder new chief justice of Meghalaya High Court". NORTHEAST NOW. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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