He started out as a senior advocate in the
Supreme Court of India. He went on to be a judge at the
Calcutta High Court. Later he became the vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, and treasurer of the
Bar Council of India. He had also served as a president of the
All India Civil Liberties Council, and as vice president of the
International Commission of Jurists – Indian Branch. Gwalior session in 1947. But after partition and assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, he was somewhat disenchanted with party politics. Towards the end of 1947 and early 1948, he felt ill quite frequently and months could not attend his professional work. Doctors advised him that because of the serious attack of epidemic dropsy, he would not be able to lead an active life anymore. At that time, he got an offer for appointment as a Judge of Calcutta High court and he agreed to accept. He was also a member of the Special Committee on Tibet of the International Commission of Jurists, and a chairman of the Subordinate Legislation Committee of Parliament. He represented India at the Commonwealth Law Conference held in London in 1955. He was a deputy leader of the Indian Lawyers Delegation to the USSR in 1959, and represented India at the International Bar Conference at
Salzburg in Austria in 1960 and Commonwealth Law Conference held at Sydney in 1966. He was counsel for India at the
Kutch International Tribunal in Geneva. ==Family==