Vikramajit Sen
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| office = Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange
| predecessor = Sethuraman Ravi
| successor = S. S. Mundra
| term_start = 22 May 2019
| term_end = 17 May 2022
| office1 = Judge, Supreme Court of India
| term_start1 = 24 December 2012
| term_end1 = 30 December 2015
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| appointer1 = Pranab Mukherjee
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| office2 = Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court
| term_start2 = 24 December 2011
| term_end2 = 24 December 2012
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| appointer2 = Pranab Mukherjee
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| predecessor2 = Jagdish Singh Khehar
| successor2 = Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
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Vikramajit Sen (born 31 December 1950) is an Indian Judge, who has served as a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2012 to 2015. He has also served as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court from 2011 to 2012. From May 2019 to May 2022, he served as the chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange.{{cite news |title=BSE appoints former Judge Sen and IAS officer Bose as directors |url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/bse-appoints-ex-sc-judge-vikramjit-sen-and-ex-expenditure-secretary-sumit-bose-as-directors/46999.html#:~:text=BSE%20appoints%20former%20Judge%20Sen%20and%20IAS%20officer%20Bose%20as%20directors&text=The%20BSE%2C%20India's%20oldest%20stock,Sumit%20Bose%20on%20its%20Board. |access-date=22 May 2022 |work=Moneylife |language=en}}
Education
Sen was born into a Bengali Baidya Brahmin family. Sen pursued law from the prestigious Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He graduated in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.
Career
On 7 July 1999, Sen was appointed an additional judge of the Delhi High Court and on 30 October 2000, he was appointed a permanent judge. On 12 September 2011 he was transferred to Karnataka High Court as an acting Chief Justice and subsequently on 24 December 2011, he assumed office as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. On 24 December 2012, he was elevated and appointed a judge at the Supreme Court of India.{{cite web|title=Chief Justice of India & Sitting Hon'ble Judges Justice Vikramajit Sen|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/vsen.htm|publisher=Supreme Court of India portal}}{{Cite web|url = http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/Images/judges/hck_formerjudges/details/VSJ.PDF|title = Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Vikramajit Sen|date = |accessdate = 5 May 2015|website = |publisher = Karnataka High Court|last = |first = }}
He is also the chairman of the three-member panel to investigate sexual harassment charges against S K Gangele, a sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.{{Cite web|url = http://onelawstreet.com/2015/04/vp-appoints-panel-justice-sen-justice-chellar-and-kkv-to-examine-charges-against-mp-high-court-judge/|title = VP appoints panel (Justice Sen, Justice Chellar and KKV) to examine charges against MP High Court judge|date = 16 April 2015|accessdate = 5 May 2015|website = 1, Law Street|publisher = |last = |first = }}
From May 2019 to May 2022, for a terms of 3 years, he served as the chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange. On 18 May 2022, he was succeeded by former RBI Deputy Governor S. S. Mundra.{{cite news |title=BSE appoints S S Mundra as chairman |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/bse-appoints-s-s-mundra-as-chairman-1110077.html |access-date=22 May 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |date=17 May 2022 |language=en}}
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Category:Judges of the Delhi High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Karnataka High Court
Category:20th-century Indian judges