Collegium recommends Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta for elevation as Supreme Court judge
The Hindu
NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the government the elevation of Bombay High
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended to the government the elevation of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta as judge of the apex court.
The resolution was made in a meeting of the Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit, held on September 26.
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The parent High Court of Justice Datta is Calcutta.
Justice Datta was elevated to the Bench of the Calcutta High Court as a permanent Judge on June 22, 2006.
He was elevated as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on April 28, 2020.
Justice Datta was born in 1965. His father, late S.K. Datta, was a former judge of the Calcutta High Court. His brother-in-law, Justice Amitava Roy, was a former judge of the Supreme Court.