Overview
- The statutory selection meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee recommended Justice Rabindranath Samanta for the post.
- Officials said the committee followed due process and unanimously cleared the choice despite the Leader of the Opposition’s absence.
- Suvendu Adhikari boycotted the meeting for the fourth straight year, citing corruption allegations and the assault on BJP MP Khagen Murmu.
- Samanta retired from the Calcutta High Court in June 2023 and currently heads the West Bengal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal.
- He is set to succeed Justice Ashim Kumar Roy, who served from November 2018 until August 2025 after a two-year extension, with the formal appointment to be issued by Governor C. V. Ananda Bose.