Chief Justice Dipankar Datta to take oath on Tuesday

Chief Justice Dipankar Datta to take oath on Tuesday

The swearing in ceremony of the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Dipankar Datta will take place at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai at 5 pm on Tuesday 28th April.
Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari will administer the oath of office to the new chief justice.
In view of the present situation, only a limited number of guests including the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and few judges of the High Court have been invited to the oath taking ceremony.
Shri Justice Dipankar Datta, LL.B., was born on February 9, 1965. He was enrolled as an Advocate on November 16, 1989. He has been practising at the Calcutta High Court, Gauhati High Court, Jharkhand High Court and also occasionally in Supreme Court of India for about 16 years in Civil, Constitutional, Labour, Service, Education and Transport and has specialised in Constitutional, Labour and Service matters. He worked as Junior Standing Counsel, State of West Bengal from 16th May, 2002 to 16th January, 2004. He is a Central Government Counsel and holding the office of Lawyer-in-charge of the University of West Bengal and the West Bengal School Service Commission. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006.