Debesh Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya was born on 3 November 1914 in Ellenga, Tangail District, East Bengal, British India.[3] He studied at the Ellenga Junior High School and graduated from Bindu Basini Govt. Boys' High School in 1931.[3] He completed his Indian School Certificate in 1933 and bachelors in 1935 from Presidency University, Kolkata.[3] In 1938, he finished his law degree from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta.[3] In 1940, he completed his masters in economics from the University of Calcutta.[3]

Bhattacharya joined the Mymensingh District bar in 1941.[3] From 1949 to 1951, he was detained for supporting workers and farmers movements.[3] After his release he started practicing at the Dhaka High Court.[3]

In 1956, Bhattacharya became a lawyer of the Supreme Court and became a senior advocate in 1961.[3] He joined the Bar Council.[3] He served in the Rule Committee of the Dhaka High Court till the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971 when the court became the High Court Division.[3]

On 21 January 1972, Bhattacharya was appointed a Judge of the High Court Division and in June 1975 he was promoted to the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court.[3] He retired from the bench in 1977 after President Ziaur Rahman reduced the retirement age of judges from 65 to 62.[3][4]

Bhattacharya was the founding president of Bangladesh Enemy Property Act Repeal Committee and was involved in the creation of Gono Adalat.[3] He was a member of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, Bangladesh Peace Council, Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, Bangladesh Nagarik Committee, and Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee.[3] He was the president of Aleem-Al-Razi Law College which was named after Aleem al-Razee and Gandhi Ashram Trust.[3]

Bhattacharya died on 2 February 2004.[3]

Bhattacharya was married to Chitra Bhattacharya. Chitra (1926-2010) was elected as a member of parliament from Tangail's reserved seat for women in 1996 on a nomination of Awami League.[5] They had two sons, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya and physicist Debadarshi Bhattacharya, and one daughter Debalina Roy.[6]