Biswanath Somadder

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Biswanath Somadder
23rd Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court
In office
12 October 2021 – 14 December 2025
Nominated byN. V. Ramana
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Succeeded by
9th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
In office
27 April 2020 – 11 October 2021
Nominated bySharad Arvind Bobde
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byMohammad Rafiq
Succeeded byRanjit Vasantrao More
Judge of Allahabad High Court
In office
17 October 2019 – 26 April 2020
Nominated byRanjan Gogoi
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office
22 June 2006 – 16 October 2019
Nominated byYogesh Kumar Sabharwal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
In office
1 January 2019 – 3 April 2019
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byDebasish Kar Gupta
Succeeded byT. B. Radhakrishnan
Personal details
Born (1963-12-15) 15 December 1963
EducationB. A. and LL.B.
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
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Biswanath Somadder (born 15 December 1963) is a retired Indian judge, who has served as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court and Meghalaya High Court. He is a former judge of Allahabad High Court and Calcutta High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 2019.