Abhijit Gangopadhyay is a former Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.
Abhijit Gangopadhyay's father was a lawyer.
1979
Gangopadhyay did his schooling at Mitra Institution (Main), a vernacular-medium school in Kolkata, and passed out from the school in 1979.
He studied law at Hazra Law College.
During the college life, Gangopadhyay acted in Bengali theatre.
He was a member of a theatre group "Amitra Chanda".
1986
In 1986, he last acted in a play.
Gangopadhyay started his career as a West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) officer.
He was posted at North Dinajpur.
Thereafter, he left the job and practiced as a State Advocate in the Calcutta High Court before the elevation in the bench.
2018
He joined in the High Court as an additional judge on 2 May 2018.
2020
He became a permanent judge on 30 July 2020.
He resigned from his post on 5 March 2024 and joined politics under the banner of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Since November 2021, Justice Gangopadhyay gave a series of directions of inquiry to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for the alleged anomalies in recruitment process.
He passed a number of orders against the officials of the School Service Commission, which lead to some political issues in West Bengal as well as Calcutta High Court.
Gangopadhyay wrote a letter seeking intervention of the Chief Justice of India regarding the action of Division Bench in the cases of alleged irregularities of School Service Commission.
On 13 April 2022 the Bar Association, Calcutta High Court brought out a resolution to boycott the Court of Gangopadhyay.
All India Trinamool Congress law cell protested outside his courtroom and the then Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar wrote letter to the Chief Minister of West Bengal on this issue.
On 18 May Gangopadhyay directed former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee to appear before the CBI for the investigation of alleged teachers recruitment scam.
On 17 May 2022, in another case he asked Paresh Chandra Adhikary, Minister of State, Department of School Education to be present before CBI over his connection in alleged illegal appointment of his daughter Ankita Adhikary.
He also urged the Chief Minister and Hon'ble Governor to remove Adhikary from the post of minister.
In September 2022, Justice Gangopadhyay instructed West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to replace illegally appointed school teachers with eligible waiting list candidates.
In July 2023, he instructed West Bengal School Service Commission to publish illegally appointed 907 school teachers of XI-XII.
