{"id":28973,"date":"2013-06-29T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T08:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=28973"},"modified":"2013-06-29T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T08:16:31","slug":"need-more-calcutta-high-court-judges-in-supreme-court-cji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/need-more-calcutta-high-court-judges-in-supreme-court-cji","title":{"rendered":"Need more Calcutta High Court judges in Supreme Court: CJI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/need-more-calcutta-high-court-judges-in-supreme-court-cji\/altamas-kabir\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?fit=193%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"193,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Altamas Kabir\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?fit=110%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?fit=184%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-28974\" alt=\"Altamas Kabir\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir-184x250.jpg?resize=184%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"184\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?resize=184%2C250&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?resize=110%2C150&amp;ssl=1 110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/06\/Altamas-Kabir.jpg?w=193&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>Observing that there weren&#8217;t many Calcutta High Court judges in the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir Friday said they needed more of them &#8220;to shake up Delhi&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch of the website of the Indian Law Institute&#8217;s West Bengal unit and an e-book, &#8220;The High Court at Calcutta 150 Years: An Overview&#8221; here, Kabir expressed his disappointment at the lack of judges from the Calcutta High Court in the apex court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately I don&#8217;t see many Calcutta judges in Delhi. We need more of them. We need more of Calcutta to shake up Delhi,&#8221; said Kabir, himself a former Calcutta High Court judge.<\/p>\n<p>He said the launch of Indian Law Institute&#8217;s West Bengal website was long overdue and urged the institute&#8217;s state chapter to come up with more publications.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ILI Bengal needs to be revitilised. It has sufficient means and should endeavour to bring out more publications for the benefit of the public at large,&#8221; said Kabir adding that the ILI Delhi will soon come out with a book on copyright and neighbouring rights protection in India.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Law Institute is an autonomous body with its national unit at New Delhi, and each state having a unit. It was founded in 1956 with the objective of promoting and conducting legal education and research. 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