Charu Chandra Biswas CIE (21 April 1888 – 9 December 1960) was an Indian lawyer, judge and politician. He served as the third Cabin Minister of Law and Justice of India from 1952 to 1957. He was also a member of the Bengal Boundary Commission in 1947, which was chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
Life and career Biswas began his career as a lawyer in the Calcutta High Court. The imperial British government appointed him a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1931 Birthday Honours list. In February 1940, he was appointed a judge of the Calcutta High Court and subsequently as Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1949–50.
Biswas was elected to the Upper House of Indian Parliament the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1960 from West Bengal. He was the leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha from 1953 to 1954.
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