--- title: "Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019?" description: "Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019?" author: "Shrikant Mishra" published: 2019-04-25 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52024/who-was-sworn-in-as-the-new-chief-justice-of-calcutta-high-court-on-4-april-2019 category: "current affair" tags: ["high court", "kolkata", "current affair"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019? Who was sworn-in [as the new Chief](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32120/who-is-appointed-as-the-new-chief-minister-of-himachal-pradesh) Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL The new**[Chief Justice](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49622/what-is-the-procedure-to-elect-chief-justice-of-india) of Calcutta High Court is “Justice T B N Radhakrishnan” on April 4, 2019**. The **oath ceremony of Justice Radhakrishnan was administered by the Governor of [West Bengal](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/359/journey-of-west-bengal-from-no-1-to-no-4) ‘K.N. Tripathi’** in a solemn ceremony **at the [High Court](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39336/who-has-been-sworn-in-as-new-chief-justice-of-the-high-court-of-manipur) premises**. ![Who was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 4 April 2019?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1f0ac63c-f701-4113-95e9-023001d180cf/images/1f04bba9-e10e-4863-971f-0f54d65c75ba.jpeg)\ \ Before being the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, **he has been the Chief Justice of [Hyderabad](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48295/what-is-the-significance-of-the-hyderabad-test-played-between-pakistan-and-new-zealand-in-1964) High Court for both the states Andhra Pradesh and [Telangana](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34723/the-telangana-government-has-signed-a-technology-partnership-agreement-with-which-country-at-the-world-congress-on-information-technology-wcit-2018) from July 7, 2018**. He also became the **permanent judge of the Kerala High Court on October 14, 2004.** \ **Chief Justice Radhakrishnan succeeded the acting Chief Justice Biswanath Samaddar of the Calcutta High Court**. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court because the Chief Justice of India, Rajan Gogoi wrote to [Union Law](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44604/union-government-launched-the-blue-revolution-programme-at-a-total-expenditure-of-what-amount) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to act on it and transfer Justice Radhakrishnan to the Calcutta High Court. \ On **December 11, 1983, he enrolled himself to practice at Thiruvananthapuram** and then later shifted to Kerala High Court in the year 1988. In Kerala High Court, he dealt with numerous cases from different branches of law, including Civil cases, Constitutional cases, and [Administrative](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39412/shadow-cabinet-is-the-feature-of-administrative-system-of-which-country) law cases. \ The **High Court of Calcutta was established on July 1, 1862, under the High Court Act of, 1861,** with the **name of ‘High Court of Judicature at Fort William’**. The Calcutta High Court is extended to cover other regions as well as and it **covers Chandernagore or Chandannagar and [Andaman and Nicobar Island](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52014/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-come-under-the-jurisdiction-of-which-of-the-high-courts) on May 2, 1950**. However, later the Calcutta High Court extended its **bench in Port Blair and Jalpaiguri**. The s**anctioned strength of Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court is 72, in this 54 are permanent and 18 are no-permanent judges.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52024/who-was-sworn-in-as-the-new-chief-justice-of-calcutta-high-court-on-4-april-2019 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.