Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 11: Justice Dipankar Dutta took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court on Monday at 10.30 AM.
With Justice Datta’s arrival, the top court’s working strength increased to 28 as opposed to its authorised level of 34. In April 2020, Justice Datta was chosen to serve as the Bombay High Court’s Chief Justice.
Justice Dipankar Datta, who was born in February 1965 and is the son of former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Salil Kumar Datta, earned his LL.B. from the University of Calcutta in 1989 and began his legal career the following year.
Before being promoted as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006, he principally practised constitutional and civil law in the Supreme Court and High Courts.
Almost three months after the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium, the Central Government notified the appointment of Justice Dipankar Dutta, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court. On September 26, the Supreme Court Collegium approved his appointment to the highest court.
