PAL, SHRI DEBIPROSAD
CONGRESS (I)- CALCUTTA NORTH WEST (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Aswini Kumar Pal

Date of Birth:   1 November 1927

Place of Birth:   Calcutta (West Bengal)

Marital Status:   Married on 3 December 1951

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Lakshmi Rani Pal

Educational Qualifications :
M.A. (Eco.), LL.M., LL.D., D. Litt.
Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta
(West Bengal)

Profession :
Lawyer/Advocate, Teacher, Educationist, Economist and Writer

Permanent Address :
18/71, Dover Lane, Calcutta-700029 (West Bengal) 
Tels. (033) 475-3934, 475-2177,  74-9377

Positions Held :
   
1986 onwardsChairman, Legal Cell, Congress (I), West Bengal
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1990-91Member, Estimates Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law and Justice
Jan.1990-Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Aug.1991
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth)
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
1991-93Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam
Member, Constitution (Seventy-Third) Amendment Bill
1992Member, Tenth Finance Commission
1993-95Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance
Sep.1995-Union Minister of State, Finance
May 1996
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time

Books Published :
Author of several books on Law, including "State Sovereignty at 
the Cross Roads", "Sales Tax Laws" etc.

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Awarded Best Law Student Medal (Kedarnath Banerjee Gold Medal); 
contributed various articles on legal and economic subjects to 
various   important   journals.   His   article 'Agression  in 
International  Law' was   highly  appreciated  by  jurists  of 
international repute 

Social and Cultural Activities :
President  (i) Income  Tax  Bar Association, Calcutta, 1976-82; 
(ii) Calcutta High Court  Bar  Association, 1979-81; (iii) West 
Bengal  Lawyer's  Association, 1980-82.  Senior Vice-President, 
Asiatic  Society;  Member (i)  West  Bengal  Bar  Council, 1982 
onwards  for  two  terms; (ii) Executive  Committee, Indian Law 
Institute, West Bengal  (for a long time); and (iii) Council of 
the Asiatic Society, 1983 onwards

Special Interests :
Taxation Laws, Constitutional Law and Public International Law, 
Economic Planning and Public Finance

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading, travelling, social and public service

Countries Visited :
Australia,  Canada,  France, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, U.K., 
U.S.A. and West Germany


Other Information :
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court; Judge, Calcutta High Court, West 
Bengal, 1973; Professor, Deptt. of Commerce, Calcutta University 
and University Law College; Leading  authority  on  Taxation and  
Constitutional Law and an expert in International  Law;  Member,  
Indian  delegation  to U.N. General  Assembly, Oct. 1991; Led  a 
delegation  to  the  Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conference, 
Jamaica, Oct. 1995

Election Result :
   
Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate6,93,995
Total votes polled4,52,757
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Dr. Debi Prosad Pal (I.N.C.)  2,12,637
(2) Shri Shyamal Bhattacharjee (J.D.)  1,47,686
(3) Shri Amal Dutta (B.J.P.)    59,395
(4) Shri Himadri Bhushan Kali (Ind.)       4,374