Sanjib Banerjee

Sanjib Banerjee (born: 2 November 1961) is an Indian retired judge who was the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He previously served as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court and a judge in Calcutta High Court.^[1][2][3]

Hon'ble Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office 24 November 2021 – 1 November 2023
Nominated by	N. V. Ramana
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Governor	Satya Pal Malik
Preceded by	Ranjit Vasantrao More
Succeeded by	S. Vaidyanathan
Chief Justice of Madras High Court
In office 4 January 2021 – 16 November 2021
Nominated by	Sharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Governor	Banwarilal Purohit
Preceded by	Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
Succeeded by	M. Duraiswamy (acting)
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office 22 June 2006 – 3 January 2021
Nominated by	Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-02) 2 November 1961 (age 63)
Alma mater	University of Calcutta St. Paul's School, Darjeeling

Career

Banerjee did his schooling from St. Paul's School, Darjeeling and passed B.Sc. with Honors in Economics in 1983 and LL.B. in 1986-87 from University of Calcutta. Banerjee started his career as a sports journalist in The Telegraph. Banerjee was enrolled as an Advocate on 21 November 1990. He practiced in various High Courts. He was elevated as Permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court on 22 June 2006. He was appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 31 December 2020 and took oath on 4 January 2021. He was transferred as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court on 15 November 2021 and took oath on 24 November 2021.^{[citation needed]} He retired on 1 November 2023.