# Dipak Kumar Sen

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{{short description|Indian judge}}
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| name         = Dipak Kumar Sen
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1927|05|01|df=y}}
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| office       = [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_justice) of [Patna High Court](/source/Patna_High_Court)
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| term_start   = 1 May 1988
| term_end     = 1 May 1989
| predecessor  = [Shushil Kumar Jha](/source/Shushil_Kumar_Jha)
| successor    = [Bhagwati Prasad Jha](/source/Bhagwati_Prasad_Jha)
| office2      = [Governor of Bihar](/source/List_of_governors_of_Bihar)
| term2        = 24 January 1989 – 28 January 1989
| predecessor2 = [Govind Narayan Singh](/source/Govind_Narayan_Singh)
| successor2   = [R.D. Pradhan](/source/R.D._Pradhan)
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'''Dipak Kumar Sen''' was an Indian judge and a  [Chief Justice](/source/Chief_Justice) of [Patna High Court](/source/Patna_High_Court). He was also the acting [Governor of Bihar](/source/List_of_governors_of_Bihar).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://patnahighcourt.gov.in/Judges_RET_CJ.aspx | title=LIST OF FORMER CHIEF JUSTICES Patna High court | publisher=[Patna High Court](/source/Patna_High_Court) | accessdate=4 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://governor.bih.nic.in/OldGovernors.htm | title=List of Governors Bihar | publisher=Governor of Bihar | accessdate=4 January 2021 | archive-date=4 February 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204085311/http://governor.bih.nic.in/OldGovernors.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d3u2AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=4 January 2021|year=1988|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=341}}</ref><ref name="Malhotra2004">{{cite book|author=G. C. Malhotra|title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA260|accessdate=4 January 2021|year=2004|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|isbn=978-81-200-0400-9|pages=260–}}</ref>

Sen was born on 1 May 1927. He attended [St. Gregory's School](/source/St._Gregory's_High_School_and_College) in Dacca, [Khulna Zilla School](/source/Khulna_Zilla_School), and [Presidency College, Calcutta](/source/Presidency_College%2C_Calcutta). On 17 November 1950, he was called to the Bar by [Gray's Inn](/source/Gray's_Inn), London.<ref>{{cite book |title=Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts as on ... |year=1988 |publisher=Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Department of Justice, Government of India |page=173}}</ref>

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