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{{short description|Judge of Calcutta High Court}}
'''Suvra Ghosh''' (born 23 April 1968) is an Indian judge, currently sitting on the [[Calcutta High Court]] in [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Hon'ble Justice Suvra Ghosh|url=https://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in/Judges/171|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Calcutta High Court]]}}</ref> She has adjudicated in a number of significant cases, including those concerning the imposition of the [[Capital punishment in India|death penalty in India]], and notably imposed a fine on the Calcutta High Court itself after ruling that the Court had previously erred in ordering a magistrate to retire following alleged misconduct.<ref name="Service">{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Calcutta HC imposes Rs 1 L 'cost' on itself|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/calcutta-hc-imposes-rs-1-l-cost-on-itself-798703|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> {{Infobox officeholder
| name = Suvra Ghosh
| office = [[Judge]] of the [[Calcutta High Court]]
| termstart = 19 November 2018
| nominator = [[Ranjan Gogoi]]
| appointer = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|04|23|df=y}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Ms. Justice
}}

== Career ==
Ghosh qualified into the judiciary by the West Bengal Judicial Service Examination in 1992. She was appointed as a Civil Judge ('munsif') and later qualified into the Higher Judicial Service as well. She was the Registrar of the West Bengal State Legal Services Authority, a joint secretary in the Government of West Bengal's Department of Law, and a District and Sessions Judge in [[Darjeeling]] and [[Kolkata]]. On 19 November 2018, Ghosh was appointed as an additional judge of the Calcutta High Court, and her appointment was made permanent on 4 May 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=SC Collegium recommends elevation of 5 judicial officers as Judges of Karnataka HC|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/sc-collegium-recommends-elevation-5-145424195.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=in.news.yahoo.com|language=en-IN}}</ref>

In June 2019, Ghosh and another judge refused to order doctors in West Bengal to return to work after they went on strike to protest physical assault against doctors by families of patients in hospital. Ghosh instead asked the Government of West Bengal to negotiate with the doctors on strike to arrive at a resolution.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Scroll Staff|title=Calcutta HC asks state to persuade protesting doctors, refuses to pass interim order on strike|url=https://scroll.in/latest/927027/calcutta-hc-asks-state-to-persuade-protesting-doctors-refuses-to-pass-interim-order-on-strike|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-14|title=Refusing interim order on doctors' strike, Calcutta HC asks state govt to persuade them to work|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/west-bengal-doctors-strike-calcutta-high-court-5780724/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=NETWORK|first=LIVELAW NEWS|date=2019-06-15|title=Reconcile!, Calcutta HC Tells 'Striking' Doctors; Reminds Them About Hippocratic Oath [Read Order]|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/calcutta-hc-reminds-doctors-about-hippocratic-oath-145668|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Calcutta High Court refuses to pass interim order on Bengal doctors' strike|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta-high-court-refuses-to-pass-interim-order-on-bengal-doctors-strike/cid/1692412|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> In the same month, Ghosh acquitted three persons who had been wrongly accused of collaborating with [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency|Maoist]] insurgents in India and imprisoned for 14 years pending trial, finding that there was no evidence that they had committed any crimes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kolkata: Three 'Maoists' Acquitted After Spending 14 Years in Jail|url=https://thewire.in/law/kolkata-three-maoists-acquitted-after-spending-14-years-in-jail|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sebastian|first=Manu|date=2019-06-26|title=Calcutta HC Sets Aside Conviction Of Alleged Maoists For Sedition After 13 Years [Read Judgment]|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/calcutta-hc-acquits-maoist-accused-145905|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref>

In July 2019, Ghosh and another judge, Sanjib Banerjee, held that the Calcutta High Court's administration had erred in ordering a railway magistrate to be suspended and forced to retire, after he passed an order rebuking railway officials for delays in trains. Holding that the administration's ruling was “disproportionate” and “shocking”, they ordered a fine of {{INRConvert|100000||lk=|year=2020}} to be paid by the High Court administration and reinstated the magistrate. Their ruling attracted wide attention, as it was reported as a case of the Calcutta High Court fining itself.<ref name="Service"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kini|first=Ashok|date=2019-07-06|title=Calcutta HC Reinstates Magistrate Who Was Compulsorily Retired; Imposes 1 Lakh Costs On Itself [Read Judgment]|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/calcutta-hc-reinstates-magistrate-who-was-compulsorily-retired-146145|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2019, Ghosh and another judge, [[Joymalya Bagchi]], commuted an order of death penalty to life imprisonment, in the case of a man convicted for being in possession of [[heroin]]. In their ruling, Ghosh and Bagchi held that statistical data did not indicate that the imposition of capital punishment acted as a deterrent to crime as one of their reasons for commuting the sentence.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Saxena|first=Akshita|date=2019-12-05|title=No Data To Conclusively Establish That Imposition Of Death Penalty Leads To Reduction Of Crime: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/no-data-to-conclusively-establish-that-imposition-of-death-penalty-leads-to-reduction-of-crime-calcutta-hc-read-judgment-150470|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Death commuted to 30 years in jail|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/death-commuted-to-30-years-in-jail/cid/1722292|access-date=2020-11-26|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

In September 2020, the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice, [[Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan]], constituted special benches to hear cases in relation to hear cases relating to financial frauds, corruption, and Ponzi schemes, appointing Judge Suvra Ghosh and Judge [[Joymalya Bagchi]] to hear all such cases that involved former legislative representatives.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Calcutta HC forms benches for Ponzi scheme matters, criminal cases involving lawmakers|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/calcutta-hc-forms-benches-for-ponzi-scheme-matters-criminal-cases-involving-lawmakers/story-BXs3CFLXaW1QzEfA6ZRExM.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New benches at Calcutta HC for hearing criminal cases against lawmakers|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/new-benches-at-calcutta-hc-for-hearing-criminal-cases-against-lawmakers/1939512|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Outlook India}}</ref> They are expected to hear a number of cases, including those relating to the [[Saradha Group financial scandal]].<ref name=":1" />

== Life ==
Ghosh was educated in Calcutta, and studied law at the University of Calcutta, earning an [[Legal education in India|integrated arts and law]] (B.A., LL.B) degree in 1991.<ref name=":0" />

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