Judge Information

The Hon'ble Justice Ranjit Kumar Bag

Former Judge

Time Period:01-Oct-2013 to 07-Nov-2017

Born on November 8, 1955, Shri Ranjit Kumar Bag passed M. A. in Linguistics securing 1st Class and also obtained LL.B. degree from Calcutta University. He joined West Bengal Judicial Service as Munsif in 1983. He got promotion to the cadre of District Judge and joined as Judge, Special Court under N. D. P. S. Act, Alipore in the month of January, 2002. He held the posts of (i) District and Sessions Judge, Malda (ii) Chief Judge, City Sessions Court, Calcutta (iii) Registrar General of High Court, Calcutta and also (iv) Director of West Bengal Judicial Academy. He taught ‘Criminal and Constitutional Law’ to the IPS Officers undergoing Induction and in-service training in Sardar Vallabbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad while he worked there on deputation from 1995 to 1999. He is the author of three books: (i) Law of Medical Negligence and Compensation (ii) Supreme Court on Criminal Law and (iii) Service Laws of Government Employees. He attended 12th International Congress on "Criminology" at Seoul, South Korea as Delegate of Government of India in 1998. He took oath as Additional Judge of the High Court at Calcutta on October, 1, 2013.