Protik Prokash Banerji
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Protik Prokash Banerji is the first Advocate in India
India
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 to have won a judgment in favor of his client that an arbitrator under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is amenable to jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
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 under Article 227 of the Constitution of India
Constitution of India
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. That orders of the arbitrator may be challenged under Article 227, which remained the law of the land for 5 years before being implicitly overruled by the Supreme Court of India
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 in 2005.

Co-curricular

Banerji was a guest faculty/honorary lecturer at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences for the final year in two consecutive semesters, taking Corporate and Contract Clinic Classes, and Corporate Laws in the 3rd year. He also did a stint as a compere of Western Music at All India Radio
All India Radio
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, Kolkata
Kolkata
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 between 1986 and 1994. He has been a regular contributor to The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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, India’s largest financial daily, between 1989 and 1994, on various subjects unconnected with law. From December 8, 2009 he was nominated by His Excellency the Governor of West Bengal to the Governing Body of the Surendranath Law College and served till June 6, 2011.

Awards

Best Speaker at the Indian Law Institute Annual Debate of 2001

Best Speaker at the Indian Law Institute Annual Debate of 2007

Awarded the Advocate General's Trophy for the Most Outstanding Emerging Lawyer by the Indian Law Institute (West Bengal Unit) in 2009, trophy donated by His Lordship the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, Hon'y Treasurer.(7)

Professional

Presently Banerji is the Junior Standing Counsel, Government of West Bengal, High Court at Calcutta, having been appointed by His Excellency the Governor vide Notification No. 4349-J/JD/O/2G-9/01 dated Kolkata, the 6th day of June, 2011.
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