Judge Information
The Hon'ble Justice V. S. SirpurkarFormer Chief JusticeTime Period:20-Mar-2005 to 01-Jan-2007
Born on 22"d August, 1946. · Hailing from a Lawyers' family - Father, Mother, Wife, Son, Daughter-in-law and brothers are all Lawyers. · Matriculated from Chandrapur District of Maharashtra, topping in the District. · Completed graduation from Morris College, Nagpur In 1966. · Completed Law Degree from the University College of Law, Nagpur. · Practiced at Nagpur in the High Court on constitutional and criminal sides. · Was elected as a Joint Secretary and Secretary of the High Court Bar Association, Nagpur. · Was also elected as a Member of Maharashtra Bar Council twice; i.e. in the year 1985 and 1991. · Elevated as a .Judge of the Bombay High Court In 1992. · Transferred to the Madras High Court In December 1997 where as Senior Judge also held the post of “Executive Chairman" of the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority. · Life Member of the World Wild Life Fund. · Elevated as Chief Justice, High Court of Uttaranchal vide notification dated 16th July, 2004 and holding the Office of Chief Justice, High Court of Uttaranchal w.e.f. 25th July, 2004. · Co-opted as a Member to the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India, New Delhi. · Serving as a Member of the Governing Council of the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi from the Judges' Constituency. · Assumed office of the Chief Justice of the High Court at Calcutta on transfer from High Court of Uttaranchal at Nainital w.e.f. March 20, 2005.
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