Shri N.C. Chatterjee political profile

CHATTERJEE, SHRI N. C, M.A., LL.B., P.R.S, (Prem Chand Roychand Student), Bar-at-Law; U.A., (West Bengal-Burdwan-l967): s.of late Shri Bholanath Chatterjee; b.. Boinchee, District Hooghly, October 19, 1895; ed. at South Suburban School, Calcutta, Mitra Institution, Bhowanipur, St. Mary’s School and Scottish Church College, Calcutta, Calcutta University, University Law College, Middle Temple, London, and University College, London; m. Shrimati Binapani Devi, May 30, 1915; 2 and 3d.; Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India; was the President of All India Hindu Maha Sabha for several years; was Judge. High Court of Calcutta; Vice-President of the Supreme Court Bar Association; Treasurer, Bar Association of India; President, All India Civil Liberties Council; Vice-President, International Commission of Jurists Indian/ Branch)-; Member, Special Committee on Tibet of the International Commission of Jurists; Chairman, Subordinate Legislation Committee of Parliament; represented India at the Common- wealth Law Conference held in London in 1955; Deputy Leader of the Indian Lawyers Delegation to U.S.S.R. in 1959; represented India at the International Bar Conference at Salzburg in Austria in 1960 and Commonwealth Law Conference held at Sydney in 1966; was Counsel for India at the Kutch International Tribunal, Geneva; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57 and Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67.

Social activities: Helping depressed classes and Harijans.

Hobbies: Gardening.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Studies in History, Political Science, Economics, Indology, Comparative Politics and International Law; travelling.

Special interests: Uplift of Harijan and backward classes; championing civil liberties and Rule of Law.

Sports and Clubs: President, Bhawanipur Club; Member, Chelmsford Club Delhi and Calcutta Club.

Travels abroad: U.K., U.S.S.R., Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Nepal, Singapore and Australia.

Books published: Company Law; Awakening of India; Problems of Jammu and Kashmir; Monographs and Articles on historical, legal and constitutional topics; Read Paper on ‘Nationality’ at International legal Conference in Delhi in January, 1954; Comparative Jurisprudence; Indian Constitutional Law, Fundamental Rights and Judicial Review; Emergency and Law.

Permanent address: P. 514, Raja Basanta Roy Road, Calcutta-20.