<P> Despite the name of the city having officially changed from Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001, the Court, as an institution retained the old name . The bill to rename it as Kolkata High Court was approved by the Cabinet on July 5, 2016 alongside renaming of its two other counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai However, the High Court still retains the old name . </P> <P> The seat of the Calcutta High Court is at Kolkata, capital of West Bengal . As per the Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953, the Calcutta High Court's jurisdiction was extended to cover Chandernagore (now called Chandannagar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as of 2 May 1950 . The Calcutta High Court extended its Circuit Bench in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in Jalpaiguri, the divisional headquarters of the North Bengal region of West Bengal . </P> <P> The current acting Chief Justice is Justice Nishita Nirmal Mhatre . </P> <P> Sir Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of the High Court . He assumed the charge when the court was founded on 1 July 1862 . Justice Romesh Chandra Mitter was the first Indian officiating Chief Justice and Justice Phani Bhushan Chakravartti was the first Indian permanent Chief Justice of the court . The longest serving Chief Justice was Justice Sankar Prasad Mitra . </P>

Name of present chief justice of kolkata high court