Nikhilesh Dutta

Nikhilesh Dutta (born 1939) is a Bangladeshi barrister who was called to the Bar as a Member of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, London, England.

Dutta, with a legal practice in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, was the first national who was called to the Bar as a barrister on February 8, 1972, from independent Bangladesh.^[1] He has been practicing more than 35 years^[when?] in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[2]

Life

Dutta was born in the Hindu Zamindar family in 1939. After his Masters in Political Science from Dacca University (presently known as Dhaka University), he studied Public Administration in post graduation from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Later on he received his Barrister-at-Law degree from the Inner Temple.^[3]

Dutta started his career in the early 1970s and became one of the prominent leading advocates of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He also held the post of the Deputy Attorney General for Government of Bangladesh for a good many 11years.^[4] His areas of practice and experience include both civil and criminal matter. Though he started his career as a criminal litigant lawyer, Dutta chose to switch to civil practice, which includes constitutional law practice too. One of the special areas of practice that Dutta possesses is that even though he is a Hindu by birth, Dutta has experience in Islamic law.^[5]

Dutta has also acted as a Special Advisor for Abhay (Gandhi) Ashram based in Comilla, Bangladesh, and handled/solved many complex situation of the Ashram.^{[citation needed]}

In his career as a barrister, Dutta has also been involved with many charitable organisation.^{[citation needed]} As a managing trustee of Mahesh Charitable Organisation, he has been handling various legal matters.

For his contribution in his field, Barrister Dutta was conferred with the honourable title of "Sir" by Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.^[6]

Chambers

Dutta heads the Chambers of Dutta & Bhadra, which carries a legacy and has a tradition in advocacy and soliciting for more than a hundred years.^[7] JDS Lawchambers, which is a full service law firm providing advocacy and services has a family alliance with Chambers of Dutta & Bhadra.^[8]

References

1. ^ http://www.innertemple.org.uk/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=34
2. ^ http://www.sentbd.com/index.php?option=com_client_info&Itemid=89&limit=25&limitstart=200
3. ^ http://hindubd.blogspot.com/2008/08/religious-minorities-in-bangladesh.html
4. ^ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-45906605.html
5. ^ http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/10/20/news0874.htm
6. ^ http://www.theosophy.ph/ipfnews080502.pdf
7. ^ Legacy/Alliance, JDS Lawchambers.
8. ^ JDS Lawchambers.

Persondata
Name	Dutta, Nikhilesh
Alternative names
Short description	Barrister
Date of birth	1939
Place of birth	Bangladesh
Date of death
Place of death