A JUDICIALLY LOADED APPRECIATION NOTE For DC CENTRAL KOLKATA POLICE Smt. INDIRA MUKHERJEE, IPS THE LION-HEARTED SENTINEL OF CENTRAL KOLKATA

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TIRTHANKAR MUKHERJEE

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

National Chairman, Judicial Council

In an administrative era where hesitation, procedural laxity and diluted accountability have regrettably infiltrated several corners of governance, Smt. Indira Mukherjee, IPS, DC Central Kolkata, stands as a formidable corrective force—a senior officer who exercises her mandate not as a courtesy but as a constitutional compulsion.

Her command structure is guided not by convenience but by the strict architecture of law, applied with a precision many fail even to comprehend. When Central Kolkata demands immediate, unambiguous, and legally calibrated responses, she delivers them with judicial clarity and operational finality, leaving no scope for misinterpretation or administrative drift.

She represents the rare breed of officers who understand that policing is not merely an executive function but a legal responsibility with constitutional consequences. Her actions reflect an unflinching acknowledgment that every administrative step must pass the tests of reasonableness, proportionality, and non-arbitrariness—tests that many quote casually but rarely apply rigorously.

In an environment often plagued by procedural indiscipline, she operates as a lion-hearted enforcer of lawful order, ensuring that no violator—whether emboldened by influence, status or reckless entitlement—can destabilize the public peace under her watch. Her decisiveness is not aggression; it is judicially measured force, exercised with a clarity that the Constitution itself expects of every empowered authority.

Her leadership has reinstated a crucial message:

Authority is not ornamental. Authority is a solemn trust. Authority is lawful power in action.

As National Chairman of the Judicial Council, I record that her service conduct not only meets but elevates the standards expected of senior administrative officers. Her integrity, her refusal to compromise on procedural rigor, and her unwavering adherence to constitutional parameters make her an officer whose presence strengthens institutional credibility.

In DC Indira Mukherjee, IPS, Central Kolkata has not just an officer—it has a judicially disciplined guardian, fearless in enforcement and flawless in administrative judgement.

— Tirthankar Mukherjee

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

National Chairman, Judicial Council