Pramada Charan Banerjee

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Justice
Sir Pramada Charan Banerjee
Justice, Allahabad High Court
Personal details
Born10 April 1848
Died22 March 1930
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
EducationGraduation, LL.B

Biography

Sir Pramada Charan Banerjee

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Allahabad.[1]

Banerjee was born on 10 April 1848. He lived in

Allahabad in 1870.[2][3]

Life

Banerjee first entered the judiciary of India in January 1872 as a

Small Causes Courts of Agra, where he was the first Indian judge,[2] and then at Allahabad. He held a brief appointment as an additional civil judge at Lucknow in 1893 before becoming a puisne judge for the North-Western Provinces at Allahabad High Court in December of that year.[3][4] He remained in that office until August 1923, when he was replaced by Kanhaiya Lal prior to retiring from the bench in March 1924.[2][5]

Banerjee was the second Indian to be appointed a judge at the Allahabad High Court, the first being Syed Mahmood.[b] Mahmood had retired from the Court in the face of accusations that his chronic drunkenness was affecting his ability and it was his place that Banerjee took.[6][7] With Mahmood, Chief Justice John Edge and others, he "made indelible imprints greatness as Judges on the pages of [Allahabad High Court’s] law reports".[8]

Appointed a

honoris causa;[2] later, it also established the P. C. Banerjee Hostel in honour of him.[11] In 1921, he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, first class, by George V in recognition of his public service.[12]

Banerjee died at the age of 82.[2] Among his children was Lalit Mohan Banerjee, who also served as a judge in the Allahabad High Court.[13]

Recognition

Allahabad University established the Sir Pramada Charan Banerjee hostel in 1915 in his honour.[14]

References

Notes

  1. ^ also transliterated as Pramoda Churn Banerji, Bannerji, Bannerjee, Banarji, or Banarjee
  2. ^ Between 1876 and 1910 there were 29 judges who sat in the Allahabad High Court, of which 25 were British. Two of the remainder, including Mahmood, were Muslims whose opinions were rarely accepted by the full bench.[6]

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Sir P. C. Banarji". The Times. 24 March 1930. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b c d e Banerji, Amitav. "Sir Pramoda Charan Banerjee" (PDF). Allahabad High Court. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Notes and Comments". The Liberal and the New Dispensation. XII (50). Calcutta: 4. 17 December 1873.
  4. ^ India Office, United Kingdom (1905). The India List and India Office List. London: Harrison and Sons. p. 591.
  5. ^ "Imperial and Foreign News Items". The Times. No. 43450. London, England. 19 September 1923. p. 9.
  6. ^
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  7. ^ "No. 26467". The London Gazette. 15 December 1893. p. 7319.
  8. ^ Beg, Nasirullah (25 November 1966). "Welcome Address" (PDF). Allahabad High Court.
  9. ^ "No. 28733". The London Gazette. 1 July 1913. p. 4638.
  10. ^ "Ex- Vice Chancellor". University of Allahabad. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
  11. ^ "History". University of Allahabad.
  12. ^ "Kaisar-I-Hind Medal". The Times. No. 42607. London, England. 1 January 1921. p. 9.
  13. ^ "Mr. Justice Banarjee". The Times. No. 46269. London, England. 20 October 1932. p. 19.
  14. ^ "Sir PCB Hostel". University of Allahabad. Retrieved 6 October 2015. Hindi text: Sir P. C. Banerjee Hostel (established 1916 to pay regard to Sir P. C. Banerjee) organised a centenary function on 2, 3, 4 October 2015"
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