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Hon'ble Justice Bankim Chandra Ray | |
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| Judge ofSupreme Court of India | |
| In office 29 October 1985 – 31 October 1991 | |
| Nominated by | P.N. Bhagwati |
| Appointed by | Zail Singh |
| Judge ofCalcutta High Court | |
| In office 9 December 1976 – 01 November 1988 | |
| Nominated by | A. N. Ray |
| Appointed by | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-11-01)1 November 1926 Kanthalberia,24 Parganas,West Bengal |
Bankim Chandra Ray (born 1 November 1926) is a retired judge of theSupreme Court of India and politician.
Ray was born to Bhuson Chandra Ray into a richPoundra Kshatriya zamindar family at 24 Praganas,Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India). He did his schooling from Multi Peary Srimantha Institution atMagrahat, in 1946 he completed his B.A fromRipon College (now Surendranath College), in 1951 completed hisLL.B in from University Law College (nowDepartment of Law, University of Calcutta) and M.A (Political Economy) fromUniversity of Calcutta.[1]
In 1952 he got enrolled as a lawyer atCalcutta High Court and started his private practice. He got posted as Additional Judge of Calcutta High Court in June, 1976 and elevated to permanent judge in December, 1976.[2]
Ray was nominated as judge at Supreme Court of India in 1985 and became the secondDalit judge to hold such position afterA. Vardarajan.[3][4] He was associated withIndian National Congress since his college days and contested the 1957 West Bengal legislative assembly election fromBaruipur constituency but lost to Gangadhar Naskar ofCPI.[5]