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==Career==
==Career==
He was the Additional [[Judge]] of [[Chittagong]], [[District Courts of India|District Judge]] of [[Comilla]] and then the District Judge of [[Hooghly District|Hooghly]] in 1929. Later, he appointed as a [[Puisne Judge]] of the [[Calcutta High Court]]. He was conferred a [[knight]]hood in 1938.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34534/pages/4740 London Gazette, 22 July 1938]</ref> He became the [[Chief Justice]] of the Indian Princely State of [[Jaipur]] and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of  [[Kashmir]] from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.<ref name=formerchiefjusticesandjudgesofjammu&kashmirhighcourt>[http://www.jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court]</ref> He was also Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.<ref name=rajasthanpublicservicecommission>[http://www.rpsc.gov.in/Profile.htm Rajasthan Public Service Commission]</ref>
He was the Additional Judge of Chittagong, District Judge of Comilla and then the District Judge of Hooghly in 1929. Later, he appointed as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court. He was conferred a knighthood in 1938.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34534/pages/4740 London Gazette, 22 July 1938]</ref> He became the Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of Jaipur and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of  Kashmir from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.<ref name=formerchiefjusticesandjudgesofjammu&kashmirhighcourt>[http://www.jkhighcourt.nic.in/ Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court]</ref> He was also Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.<ref name=rajasthanpublicservicecommission>[http://www.rpsc.gov.in/Profile.htm Rajasthan Public Service Commission]</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==

Revision as of 16:45, 20 January 2022

Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh
Born3 July 1879
Died8 January 1963 (aged 83)
OccupationCivil servant, Judge
Spouse(s)Lady Niraja Nalini Ghosh (Bengali: নিরজ নলিনী ঘোষ) (nee De) (Bengali: দে)

Sir Sarat Kumar Ghosh (Bengali: শরৎ কুমার ঘোষ) ICS, (3 July 1879 – 8 January 1963) (Bengali: ২০ আষাঢ়, ১২৮৬ - ২৩ পৌষ, ১৩৬৯) was an Indian civil servant and a jurist.[1][2]

Background and education

He was the son of Rai Bahadur Tarini Kumar Ghosh, Inspector General of Registration of the Government of Bengal. He studied at Mitra Institution, Calcutta and Presidency College, Calcutta.[2] He was married to Niraj Nalini Ghosh (née De). He went to Trinity College, Cambridge where he successfully took the Open Competitive Service Examination, joining the judicial wing of the service.[3] He joined the ICS in 1903.[4] He was also called to the Bar by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.[5]

Career

He was the Additional Judge of Chittagong, District Judge of Comilla and then the District Judge of Hooghly in 1929. Later, he appointed as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court. He was conferred a knighthood in 1938.[6] He became the Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of Jaipur and then the last Chief Justice of the Indian Princely State of Kashmir from 29 March 1946 to 29 March 1948. He was one of the last officials of the former regime in Kashmir to have left the state just before the first Indo-Pakistan war broke out in 1948.[7] He was also Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.[8]

Later life

After retirement, he was appointed as a steward of the Royal Calcutta Turf Club, a position he retained until the end of his life.[9]

References

  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2783.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Obituary: Sir Sarat Ghose". The Times. 9 January 1963. p. 12.
  3. "Cambridge University Records (GHS899SK)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Great Britain India Office, The India List and India Office List, 1905, (India Office, Great Britain, Published by Harrison, 1905)
  5. Sarat Kumar Ghosh, Justice: A Journal of the West Bengal Judicial Service Association, July 1959, p. 134
  6. London Gazette, 22 July 1938
  7. Former Chief Justices and Judges of Jammu & Kashmir High Court
  8. Rajasthan Public Service Commission
  9. Royal Calcutta Turf Club Archived 5 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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