Subhro Kamal Mukherjee
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Appointed byGovernor of West Bengal
Preceded byNirmalya Narayan Chakraborty
Succeeded bySonali Chakravarti Banerjee
Appointed byGovernor of West Bengal
Subhro Kamal Mukherjee | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of the Rabindra Bharati University | |
Acting | |
| In office 7 July 2023 – 1 August 2025 | |
| Appointed by | Governor of West Bengal |
| Preceded by | Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty |
| Succeeded by | Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee |
| Vice-Chancellor of the Presidency University | |
Acting | |
| In office 4 September 2023 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Governor of West Bengal |
| Preceded by | Anuradha Lohia |
| Succeeded by | Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty |
| 28th Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 23 February 2016[1] – 9 October 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee, President of India |
| Preceded by | Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela |
| Succeeded by | H. G. Ramesh (acting) |
| Judge of the Karnataka High Court | |
| In office 15 April 2015 – 22 February 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee, President of India |
| Judge of the Calcutta High Court | |
| In office 15 September 2000 – 14 April 2015 | |
| Appointed by | K. R. Narayanan, President of India |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1955 |
| Spouse |
Krishna Mukherjee (m. 1981) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (born 10 October 1955) is a retired Indian judge and a former chief justice of the High Court of Karnataka.[2] He was appointed as the interim Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata in September 2023. In July 2023, the Governor of West Bengal appointed him as the interim Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University.[3]
Mukherjee comes from a family of lawyers and is a sixth-generation lawyer.[4] He completed his Master of Arts in history and LLB from Calcutta University. He joined the Calcutta High Court as an advocate in 1982 practising mainly in civil and writ matters.[1]