Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (1891 to 1956) was an Indian jurist who served as the fourth Chief Justice of India, holding the office from December 1954 until his retirement in January 1956 due to ill health. He joined the Calcutta Bar in 1914 and was appointed a judge of the Calcutta High Court in 1936, later joining the Federal Court, which became the Supreme Court of India, in 1948. When first asked to become Chief Justice in 1954 he declined out of deference to his senior colleague Mehr Chand Mahajan, accepting the post only after Mahajan retired. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Bijan Kumar Mukherjea was an Indian judge, who served as the 4th Chief Justice of India. He was in office from 22 December 1954 to 31 January 1956.
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Member Bengal Boundary Commission, 1947 Judge, Federal Court/Supreme Court 14 October 1948 - 22 December 1954.Chief Justice of India 23 December 1954 - 31 January 1956 On Patanjali Sastri's retirement in January 1954, Nehru had asked B.K. Mukherjea to take over as Chief Justice. However Mukherjea declined, saying that Mehr Chand Mahajan was his senior. When Nehru pressed him, the judge said he would sooner resign than usurp the highest office before his turn.
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Bijan Kumar Mukherjea (Bengali: বিজন কুমার মুখার্জী; 15 August 1891 - 22 February 1956) was an Indian judge, who served as the 4th Chief Justice of India.
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1891-22 February 1956) was an Indian judge, who served as the 4th Chief Justice of India. He was in office from 22 December 1954 to 31 January 195
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P569 (date of birth): 1891
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P569 (date of birth): 1891-08-15
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P570 (date of death): 1956
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P570 (date of death): 1956-02-01
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