Manoj Kumar Mukherjee
{{Short description|Indian jurist (1933–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|04|17|1933|12|01|df=yes}}
| death_place = Kolkata
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| notable_works = Leading Mukherjee Commission
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Manoj Kumar Mukherjee (1 December 1933 – 17 April 2021) was an Indian jurist. He served as the Chief Justices of the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court and former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was the head of Mukherjee Commission.{{Cite web|title=Justice Mukherjee passes away|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/justice-monoj-kumar-mukherjee-passes-away/cid/1813005|access-date=2021-04-19|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}
Career
Mukherjee was born in 1933 in British India. He did his schooling in East Indian Railway School in Asansol.{{Cite web|last=www.ETGovernment.com|title=Former SC judge Manoj Kumar Mukherjee passes away - ET Government|url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/governance/former-sc-judge-manoj-kumar-mukherjee-passes-away/82139455|access-date=2021-04-19|website=ETGovernment.com|language=en}} He passed B.Sc. and LL.B thereafter started his lawyer career in Asansol Court, in the state of West Bengal in 1956. He worked in the Calcutta High Court as a criminal law expert since December 1962 and in 1977 he was appointed a Judge of this Court. He was transferred to the Allahabad High Court on 12 November 1991 as the Chief Justice. In January 1993 Mukherjee became the Chief Justice Bombay High Court.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/Judges/ex-judge1991-2000.htm|title=List of Former Hon'ble Judges|website=allahabadhighcourt.in|access-date=18 May 2018}} He was also appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1993.{{Cite web|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTI2JnBhZ2Vubz0z|title=CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MANOJ KUMAR MUKHERJEE|website=bombayhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=18 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/82_mkmukherjee.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=18 May 2018}}
In 1999, after retirement, Mukherjee was appointed the chairperson of Mukherjee Commission to inquire into the death of Subhas Chandra Bose. His name was recommended by the then Chief Justice of India.{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/netaji-died-in-taihoku-no-need-for-research/652490|title='Netaji Died in Taihoku, No Need for Research'|date=23 January 2009|work=Outlook|access-date=7 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060518/main8.htm|title=Bose did not die in plane crash: Mukherjee Commission|website=tribuneindia.com|access-date=18 May 2018}}
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Category:Chief justices of the Allahabad High Court
Category:Judges of the Calcutta High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Bombay High Court
Category:20th-century Indian judges