Manoj Kumar Mukherjee

Manoj Kumar Mukherjee (born 1 December 1933) 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.

Manoj Kumar Mukherjee
Born (1933-12-01) 1 December 1933
NationalityIndians
OccupationJudge
Notable work
Leading Mukherjee Commission

Career

Mukherjee was born in 1933 in British India. 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 as 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.[1] He was also appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court in 1993.[2][3]

In 1999, after retirement, Mukherjee was appointed as 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.[4][5]

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References
  1. "List of Former Hon'ble Judges". allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. "CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MANOJ KUMAR MUKHERJEE". bombayhighcourt.nic.in. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. "Former Judges". Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. "'Netaji Died in Taihoku, No Need for Research'". Outlook. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. "Bose did not die in plane crash: Mukherjee Commission". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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