Justice Datta was appointed as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in April 2020.
Born in February 1965 to former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Salil Kumar Datta, Justice Dipankar Datta obtained his LL.B. degree from the University of Calcutta in 1989 and enrolled as an advocate the same year.
He practiced primarily in the Supreme Court and High Courts in Constitutional and civil matters before being elevated as a permanent judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006.
Once Justice Datta takes oath as Supreme Court judge, the working strength of the apex court will rise to 28 as against its sanctioned strength of 34.
Source: Barandbench
