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Justice Biswanath Somadder to be the next Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court
The President of India, while exercising his power conferred by clause (1) of Article 217, gave his assent to the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation, dated 18 April 2020, to transfer and promote Shri Justice Biswanath Somadder, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, to be the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court. His appointment was notified by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice, on 23 April 2020. He will be assuming office, which was previously held by Shri Justice Mohammad Rafiq who has been transferred to the High Court of Orissa.
Justice Biswanath Somadder, born on December 15, 1963, started his practice as an Advocate in 1989. After getting his degree from the University of Calcutta he did a Certificate Course on “Office Automation Tools” under the Computer Education Programme of Regional Computer Centre, Calcutta. He started his practice in the High Court of Calcutta and appeared in the Supreme Court of India as well. Throughout his career, he dealt with Constitutional (Customs & Central Excise, FERA, Telecommunication, Education, Service & Income Tax), Arbitration, Company, Revenue, Civil and Criminal matters. He is also specialized in Revenue, Arbitration, and Constitutional Laws. Prior to his elevation to the Bench of the High Court at Calcutta as a permanent Judge in 2006, he was the Honorary Joint Secretary of the Bar Library Club of Calcutta High Court.
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