Jyotirmay Bhattacharya
{{Short description|Indian judge}}
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| name = Jyotirmay Bhattacharya
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| office = Acting Chief Justice
of the Calcutta High Court
| term_start = 25 October 2017
| term_end =24 September 2018
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| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind (President of India)
| predecessor = Rakesh Tiwari (acting)
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| office1 = Judge, Calcutta High Court
| term_start1 = 3 December 2003
| term_end1 =24 September 2018
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| appointer1 = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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|alma_mater = St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Faculty of Law, University of Calcutta
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Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya (born 25 September 1956) is a retired Indian jurist who served as the acting Chief Justice at the Calcutta High Court from October 2017 to April 2018 and was the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta from 1 May 2018 to September 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/bio/jbhattacharya.htm |title=J. Bhattacharya |website=www.calcuttahighcourt.nic.in |access-date=2017-12-02 |archive-date=26 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126155926/http://www.calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/bio/jbhattacharya.htm |url-status=dead }}
Education
Bhattacharya was born in the Village Beliachandi of South 24 Parganas, where he was educated at Baruipur High School. Afterward, he went to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and got his LL. B. degree from the University of Calcutta.{{Cite news |url=http://www.legaleraonline.com/news/justice-jyotirmay-bhattacharya-appointed-acting-chief-justice-calcutta-hc |title=Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya appointed Acting Chief Justice: Calcutta HC |date=2017-10-23 |work=Legal Era |access-date=2017-12-02 |language=en}}
Career
Bhattacharya enrolled at the Bar in March 1983. He started practising in the Civil and Writ Jurisdictions of the Calcutta High Court. In 2003, he was appointed a Permanent Judge at the court.{{Cite news |url=https://english.kolkata24x7.com/justice-jyotirmay-bhattacharya-acting-cj-calcutta-hc.html/ |title=Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya Acting CJ Of Calcutta HC |date=2017-10-22 |work=Kolkata 24x7 |access-date=2017-12-02 |language=en-US}}
Notable judgements
- A High Court bench presided by Bhattacharya held in September 2012 that land acquisition along certain stretches of Kolkata Metro stood lapsed on account of compensation not being awarded to the tenants within the stipulated period. This was in response to a writ petition filed by Central Calcutta Citizens' Welfare Association.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/land-acquisition-for-kolkata-metro-stands-lapsed-court/article3887517.ece |title=Land acquisition for Kolkata Metro stands lapsed: Court |last=Dutta |first=Ananya |date=2012-09-12 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2017-12-02 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
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