Indira Banerjee

Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indira Banerjee
Judge of Supreme Court of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 August 2018
Nominated by	Dipak Misra
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Justice of Madras High Court
In office 5 April 2017 – 6 August 2018
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	Sanjay Kishan Kaul
Succeeded by	Vijaya Tahilramani
Judge of Delhi High Court
In office 8 August 2016 – 4 April 2017
Nominated by	T. S. Thakur
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office 5 February 2002 – 7 August 2016
Nominated by	Sam Piroj Bharucha
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-24) 24 September 1957 Kolkata, West Bengal
Alma mater	Presidency University, Kolkata University of Calcutta

Indira Banerjee is a Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the 8th female Judge in history of Supreme Court of India . She is former Chief Justice of Madras High Court, the second woman to hold the position in India. 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 College, Kolkata and Department of Law, University of Calcutta. She was enrolled as an advocate on 5 July 1985 and practised before the Calcutta High Court.

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 and assumed charge on 5 April 2017.

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. She is the second woman to head the chartered High Court, after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar who headed the Court between June and November 1992. She was elevated as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 7 August 2018.