Justice Mohit S. Shah to be elevated as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court

Bar&Bench News Network

Dec 21, 2009

Justice Mohit S. Shah, the senior-most judge and acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, has been elevated as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

Born in 1953, a son of a District & Sessions Judge, he graduated in political science before studying law. A keen academician, Justice Shah started practicing in the Gujarat courts right after his graduation in 1976. He was appointed as a Judge in the Gujarat High Court and was confirmed as permanent judge, two years hence.

Justice Shah will take over from acting Chief Justice, B. Bhattacharya who stepped in when Chief Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar was elevated to the Supreme Court in November.

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1. "Even the Acting Chief Justice and Senior Most Judge of Bombay High Court Shri. J. N. Patel is required to be elevated as Chief Justice of any High Court. Hope he is in the Zone of Consideration.". Advocate Sandeep Kapatkar, Pune
2. "Complain regarding West Bengal higher Judiciary Examination 2009". Shambhu Nath Pandit, Barrackpore Court, 24 Pargana, West Bengal Calcutta
3. "Respected Sir, I Mr. Shambhu Nath Pandit, practicing adovocateof Barrackpore Court, Barrackpore, West Bengal, want to draw your kindattention to the following facts:- That I appeared in the West Bengal HigherJudiciary Examination in the year of 2009. That during the examination the concerned examauthority changed the rule of the examination and arbitrarily calledexaminees for second phase of exam i.e vivavoce/personality test bytreating them in dissimilar way in similar circumstances with othercandidates both from Bar and Service. That against this activities of the examinationauthority and to know what exactly happened in the examination as wellas in the selection process I made an application U/S - 6 of the Rightto Information Act 2005 to the concerned authority and Hon'ble ChiefJustice of High Court at Calcutta (Appellate Authority) Calcutta, westBengal. A scanned copy of that application is attached for your kindperusal. That without getting any positive & properresponse from the concerned authority I filed an appeal U/S-19 of theR.T.I Act, 2005, on 19-04-2010, a scanned copy of which is attachedfor your inspection. That being dissatisfied with the response fromthe concerned authority I filed a second appeal U/S-19(3) of the R.T.IAct,2005 on 21-05-2010. A scanned copy of which is attached for yourkind perusal. That one forwarding letter from the DeputySecretary of West Bengal Information commission was sent to theRegistrar and Appellate Authority of the Calcutta High Court dated23-06-2010 and a copy of which forwarded to me regarding my complaindated 21-05-2010. a scanned copy of which is attach herewith for yourinspection. In these above circumstances I humbly requestingyou to take necessary steps and action to investigate into the matterto find out the actual truth behind it and kindly do justice for me. Thanking you Yours faithfully Shambhu Nath Pandit Advocate Barrackpore Bar Association, Barrackpore, Dist:(N)24 Pgs west Bengal". Shambhu Nath Pandit, Barrackpore Court,24, Pargana, West Bengal

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