# Girish Chandra Gupta

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Girish_Chandra_Gupta
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Girish_Chandra_Gupta.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Chandra_Gupta
> Source revision: 1357216428
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Girish Chandra Gupta** (born 1 December 1954) is a retired Indian judge and a former Chief Justice of [Calcutta High Court](/source/Calcutta_High_Court).

## Career

Gupta passed [LL.B.](/source/LL.B.) and enrolled as an advocate on 20 September 1982. He practiced in the Calcutta High Court for 17 years in Civil, Constitutional, Company, Arbitration and Commercial matters. He was appointed a permanent Judge of the Calcutta High Court on 15 September 2000. Gupta has been officiating as acting chief justice for Calcutta High Court since Chief Justice [Manjula Chellur](/source/Manjula_Chellur) was transferred to [Bombay High Court](/source/Bombay_High_Court). Finally he became the Chief Justice of the same High Court on 21 September 2016.[1][2] Justice Gupta's appointment as Chief Justice is a rare occurrence because the current policy on judges' appointments, evolved in 1998 bars the elevation of a high court judge as chief justice of the same High Court.[3] He retired on 30 November 2016[4] and was appointed the Chairman of [West Bengal Human Rights Commission](/source/West_Bengal_Human_Rights_Commission).[citation needed]

## References

1. ["The Hon'ble Justice Girish Chandra Gupta"](http://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/Judges/68). *calcuttahighcourt.gov.in*. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

1. ["Know Your Judges"](https://www.web.lawyersupdate.co.in/know-your-judges/know-your-judges-honble-justice-girish-chandra-gupta/). Retrieved 15 October 2018.

1. ["A 'rare' chief justice moment"](https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/a-rare-chief-justice-moment/cid/1323173). *telegraphindia.com*. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

1. ["Girish Chandra Gupta sworn in as Calcutta HC chief justice"](https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/girish-chandra-gupta-sworn-in-as-calcutta-hc-chief-justice-116092200146_1.html). *Business Standard*. IANS. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Girish Chandra Gupta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Chandra_Gupta) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girish_Chandra_Gupta?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.