By Our Reporter
SHILLONG, Sep 11: The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended the name of Calcutta High Court’s Justice Soumen Sen as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya, succeeding Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji who retired on September 5.
The Supreme Court collegium comprising Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices Surya Kant and Vikram Nath took the decision in a meeting on Thursday.
The collegium also recommended names of Karnataka High Court’s Justice Pavankumar B Bajanthri as Chief Justice of Patna HC (at present acting CJ of Patna HC), and Madras High Court’s Justice M Sunder as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, (consequent upon retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice on September 14).
Born on July 27, 1965 at Kolkata, Justice Sen did his schooling from St. Lawrence High School and passed the LLB Examination from the University of Calcutta in 1990. He was enrolled as an advocate under Bar Council of West Bengal in 1991.
He practiced as an advocate in the Calcutta High Court for 20 years. He appeared in a wide range of matters, including civil, constitutional, banking, and arbitration cases, representing authorities such as the RBI, SEBI, SIDBI, before being elevated as Judge in 2011. (With agency input)