Tapen Sen

Tapen Sen (born 2 September 1953) is a former judge of the Calcutta High Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Jharkhand High Court and is currently holding the chair as the President of the Jharkhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Hon'ble
Justice Tapen Sen
President of the Jharkhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
In office
October 2017 – October 2020
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
In office
January 2006 – 2 September 2015
Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court
In office
January 2004 – 2 January 2006
Judge, Jharkhand High Court
In office
January 2002 – January 2004

Early life

Born into a wealthy household in Hazaribagh, he completed his schooling from St. Xavier's School and passed his Indian School Examination conducted by the University of Cambridge Local examination Syndicate, U.K. by securing first Division in 1970. He graduated from St. Columba's College, Hazaribag in 1974. He passed his LL.B. Examination from Chotanagpur Law College Ranchi in 1979.

Career

He joined Ranchi Bench of Patna High Court in 1980 and handled cases including writs, criminal law, civil law, arbitration, matrimonial disputes and labour disputes. He was appointed counsel for the State Government of Bihar as Government Pleader for the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court on 25 July 1997, which he declined citing personal reasons. He was retained as counsel for various state owned enterprises.

He was elevated as a Permanent Judge of the Jharkhand High Court on 28 January 2002.

References
    • Sen, Tapen. "Jharkhand High Court Judges". www.jharkhandhighcourt.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
    • Sen, Tapen (24 July 2013). "Important Verdicts". Criminal Justice. No. Kolkata. The Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
    • Sen, Tapen. "Landmark Verdicts". The Telegraph. Ananda Bazaar Patrika. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
    • Sen, Tapen. "National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission".
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