All About Calcutta High Court

STD Code :	033
PBX Numbers :	2254-8000
	2248-7485
	2248-7487
	2248-7488
	2248-6717
	2248 6579
Fax Numbers :	033 2248-7835	Registrar General
	033 2213-9306	Registrar (Judicial Service)
	033 2254-8142	Registrar (Administration)
	033 2231-5784	Registrar (Inspection)
	033 2231-4872	Registrar (Vigilance & Protocol)
	033 2248-2580 033 2243-6389	Registrar (Original Side)
	033 2248-8736	Protocol Department
	033 2242-9158	Secretariat of the Hon’ble the Chief Justice
Web Site :	https://www.calcuttahighcourt.gov.in
e-mail id :	rghc_cal@rediffmail.com (Registrar General)calcuttahighcourtprotocol@gmail.com (Protocol Department)calcuttahighcourtprotocol@nic.in (Protocol Department)

The High Court at Calcutta, formerly known as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William, was brought into existence by the Letters Patent dated 14th May 1862, issued under the High Court’s Act, 1861, which provided that the jurisdiction and powers of the High Court were to be defined by Letters Patent.
The High Court of Judicature at Fort William was formally opened on 1st July 1862, with Sir Barnes Peacock as its first Chief Justice. Appointed on 2nd February 1863, Justice Sumboo Nath Pandit was the first Indian to assume office as a Judge of the Calcutta High Court, followed by legal luminaries such as Justice Dwarka Nath Mitter, Justice Ramesh Chandra Mitter, Sir Chunder Madhab Ghosh, Sir Gooroodas Banerji, Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee and Justice P.B. Chakravarti who was the first Indian to become a permanent Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.

The Calcutta High Court has the distinction of being the first High Court and one of the three Chartered High Courts to be set up in India, along with the High Courts of Bombay, Madras.

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