Indira Banerjee
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indira Banerjee
| honorific-suffix =
| image =File:Justice_Indira_Banerjee.jpg
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| caption =
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-gets-its-8th-woman-judge-indira-banerjee/articleshow/65266122.cms|title=SC gets its 8th woman judge- Indira Banerjee|website=The Times of India }}
| term_start = 7 August 2018
| term_end = 23 September 2022
| nominator = Dipak Misra
| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
| term_start2 = 5 April 2017
| term_end2 = 6 August 2018
| nominator2 =
| appointer2 = Pranab Mukherjee{{cite web|url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-madras-hc12-addl-hc-judges-made-permanent/|title=Justice Indira Banerjee Appointed As CJ Of Madras HC,12 Addl. HC Judges Made Permanent - Live Law|date=31 March 2017|website=Livelaw.in|access-date=5 July 2018}}
| predecessor2 = Sanjay Kishan Kaul
| successor2 = Vijaya Tahilramani
| office3 = Judge of the Delhi High Court
| term_start3 = 8 August 2016
| term_end3 = 4 April 2017
| nominator3 = T. S. Thakur
| appointer3 = Pranab Mukherjee
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office4 = Judge of the Calcutta High Court
| term_start4 = 5 February 2002
| term_end4 = 7 August 2016
| nominator4 = Sam Piroj Bharucha
| appointer4 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|09|24}}
| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal
| alma_mater = Presidency University, Kolkata
University of Calcutta
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Indira Banerjee (born 24 September 1957) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and the eighth female judge in history of Supreme Court.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-indira-banerjee-supreme-court-three-women-judges-first-time-5291465/|title=Indira Banerjee elevated.|date=4 August 2018 }} Previously, she served as chief justice of the Madras High Court,{{cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/indira-banerjee-delhi-high-court/|title=Justice Indira Banerjee bids farewell to Delhi High Court, third judge to leave in 5 days|first=Ashutosh|last=Gambhir|date=3 April 2017|website=Barandbench.com}} the second woman to hold the position in India.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-chief-justice-of-tamilnadu-high-court/article17751238.ece|title=Indira Banerjee appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 March 2017 }}
Early life
Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She started her education at the Loreto House in Kolkata. She pursued higher education at the Presidency University, Kolkata and the Department of Law, University of Calcutta.{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm|title=Madras High Court|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in}}
She was enrolled as an advocate on 5 July 1985 and practised before the Calcutta High Court.
Judicial career
Banerjee was appointed a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the Delhi High Court with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the chief justice of the Madras High Court{{cite web|url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-madras-hc12-addl-hc-judges-made-permanent/|title=Justice Indira Banerjee Appointed As CJ Of Madras HC,12 Addl. HC Judges Made Permanent - Live Law|date=31 March 2017|website=Livelaw.in}} and assumed charge on 5 April 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-hc-chief-justice/article17835082.ece|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in HC Chief Justice|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 April 2017 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-chief-justice/article17836148.ece|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in Chief Justice|newspaper=The Hindu|date=5 April 2017 }}
Banerjee succeeded Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul as the chief justice of the Madras High Court, after she was elevated to the Supreme Court of India.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040317/indira-banerjee-to-be-next-cj-of-madras-high-court.html|title=Indira Banerjee to be next CJ of Madras High Court|first=J.|last=Venkateshan|website=Decaanchronicle.com}} She is the second woman to head the chartered High Court, after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/former-madras-cj-passes-away/article2358322.ece|title=Former Madras CJ passes away|newspaper=The Hindu|date=14 August 2011 }} who headed the court between June and November 1992.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-of-madras-high-court/article17753716.ece|title=Indira Banerjee appointed CJ of Madras High Court|newspaper=The Hindu|date=31 March 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|title=Madras High Court|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|archive-date=12 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} She was elevated as a judge of Supreme Court of India on 7 August 2018. She was retired on 23 September 2022.
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