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	'''Indira Banerjee''' is a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]], the 8th female Judge in history ~~and the only female Judge~~ of [[Supreme Court of India]] ~~at present~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-indira-banerjee-supreme-court-three-women-judges-first-time-5291465/\|title=Indira Banerjee elevated.}}</ref> She is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://barandbench.com/indira-banerjee-delhi-high-court/\|title=Justice Indira Banerjee bids farewell to Delhi High Court, third judge to leave in 5 days\|first=Ashutosh\|last=Gambhir\|date=3 April 2017\|website=Barandbench.com}}</ref> the second woman to hold the position in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-chief-justice-of-tamilnadu-high-court/article17751238.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> before being elevated as a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]].		'''Indira Banerjee''' is a [[Judge]] of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and the 8th female Judge in history of [[Supreme Court of India]] .<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-indira-banerjee-supreme-court-three-women-judges-first-time-5291465/\|title=Indira Banerjee elevated.}}</ref> She is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://barandbench.com/indira-banerjee-delhi-high-court/\|title=Justice Indira Banerjee bids farewell to Delhi High Court, third judge to leave in 5 days\|first=Ashutosh\|last=Gambhir\|date=3 April 2017\|website=Barandbench.com}}</ref> the second woman to hold the position in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-chief-justice-of-tamilnadu-high-court/article17751238.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> before being elevated as a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	Indira Banerjee was appointed as a permanent Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the [[Delhi High Court]] with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-madras-hc12-addl-hc-judges-made-permanent/\|title=Justice Indira Banerjee Appointed As CJ Of Madras HC,12 Addl. HC Judges Made Permanent - Live Law\|date=31 March 2017\|website=Livelaw.in}}</ref> and assumed charge on 5 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-hc-chief-justice/article17835082.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in HC Chief Justice\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-chief-justice/article17836148.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in Chief Justice\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>		Indira Banerjee was appointed as a permanent Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the [[Delhi High Court]] with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-madras-hc12-addl-hc-judges-made-permanent/\|title=Justice Indira Banerjee Appointed As CJ Of Madras HC,12 Addl. HC Judges Made Permanent - Live Law\|date=31 March 2017\|website=Livelaw.in}}</ref> and assumed charge on 5 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-hc-chief-justice/article17835082.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in HC Chief Justice\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-chief-justice/article17836148.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in Chief Justice\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>

	Justice Banerjee succeeded Justice [[Sanjay Kishan Kaul]] as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]], after he was elevated to the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040317/indira-banerjee-to-be-next-cj-of-madras-high-court.html\|title=Indira Banerjee to be next CJ of Madras High Court\|first=J.\|last=Venkateshan\|website=Decaanchronicle.com}}</ref> She is the second woman to head the [[charter]]ed [[High Court]], after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/former-madras-cj-passes-away/article2358322.ece\|title=Former Madras CJ passes away\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> who headed the Court between June and November 1992.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-of-madras-high-court/article17753716.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee appointed CJ of Madras High Court\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|title=Madras High Court\|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in\|access-date=4 June 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm#\|archive-date=12 February 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		Justice Banerjee succeeded Justice [[Sanjay Kishan Kaul]] as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]], after he was elevated to the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040317/indira-banerjee-to-be-next-cj-of-madras-high-court.html\|title=Indira Banerjee to be next CJ of Madras High Court\|first=J.\|last=Venkateshan\|website=Decaanchronicle.com}}</ref> She is the second woman to head the [[charter]]ed [[High Court]], after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/former-madras-cj-passes-away/article2358322.ece\|title=Former Madras CJ passes away\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> who headed the Court between June and November 1992.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-of-madras-high-court/article17753716.ece\|title=Indira Banerjee appointed CJ of Madras High Court\|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm\|title=Madras High Court\|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in\|access-date=4 June 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm#\|archive-date=12 February 2012\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was elevated as [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]] on 7 August 2018.

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| name = Indira Banerjee
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| office = [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-gets-its-8th-woman-judge-indira-banerjee/articleshow/65266122.cms|title=SC gets its 8th woman judge- Indira Banerjee}}</ref>
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| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
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| successor2 = [[Vijaya Tahilramani]]
| office3 = [[Judge]] of [[Delhi High Court]]
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| nominator3 = [[T. S. Thakur]]
| appointer3 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
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| office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Calcutta High Court]]
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| appointer4 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
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'''Indira Banerjee''' is a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]], the 8th female Judge in history and the only female Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]] at present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/justice-indira-banerjee-supreme-court-three-women-judges-first-time-5291465/|title=Indira Banerjee elevated.}}</ref> She is former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madras High Court]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/indira-banerjee-delhi-high-court/|title=Justice Indira Banerjee bids farewell to Delhi High Court, third judge to leave in 5 days|first=Ashutosh|last=Gambhir|date=3 April 2017|website=Barandbench.com}}</ref> the second woman to hold the position in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-chief-justice-of-tamilnadu-high-court/article17751238.ece|title=Indira Banerjee appointed Chief Justice of Madras High Court|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> before being elevated as a [[Judge]] of [[Supreme Court of India]].

==Early life==
Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She did her schooling at the [[Loreto House]] in [[Kolkata]]. She pursued her higher education at the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Kolkata]] and [[Department of Law, University of Calcutta]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjhc.htm|title=Madras High Court|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in}}</ref>
She was enrolled as an advocate on 5 July 1985 and practised before the [[Calcutta High Court]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/justice-indira-banerjee-swornin-as-chief-justice-of-madras-hc/article9617115.ece|title=Justice Indira Banerjee sworn-in as Chief Justice of Madras HC|date=5 April 2017|website=Thehindubusinessline.com}}</ref>

==Judicial career==
Indira Banerjee was appointed as a permanent Judge of the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 5 February 2002 and transferred to the [[Delhi High Court]] with effect from 8 August 2016. She was elevated as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livelaw.in/justice-indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-madras-hc12-addl-hc-judges-made-permanent/|title=Justice Indira Banerjee Appointed As CJ Of Madras HC,12 Addl. HC Judges Made Permanent - Live Law|date=31 March 2017|website=Livelaw.in}}</ref> and assumed charge on 5 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-hc-chief-justice/article17835082.ece|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in HC Chief Justice|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/indira-banerjee-sworn-in-chief-justice/article17836148.ece|title=Indira Banerjee sworn in Chief Justice|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>

Justice Banerjee succeeded Justice [[Sanjay Kishan Kaul]] as the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]], after he was elevated to the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/040317/indira-banerjee-to-be-next-cj-of-madras-high-court.html|title=Indira Banerjee to be next CJ of Madras High Court|first=J.|last=Venkateshan|website=Decaanchronicle.com}}</ref> She is the second woman to head the [[charter]]ed [[High Court]], after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/former-madras-cj-passes-away/article2358322.ece|title=Former Madras CJ passes away|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> who headed the Court between June and November 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/indira-banerjee-appointed-cj-of-madras-high-court/article17753716.ece|title=Indira Banerjee appointed CJ of Madras High Court|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm|title=Madras High Court|website=Hcmadras.tn.nic.in|access-date=4 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm#|archive-date=12 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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