Sir John Paxton Norman (21 October 1819 – 21 September 1871) was an English jurist who was the acting chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.
In British India he worked as a Puisne Judge of The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William till 1871.
Sir Paxton Norman was appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1870.
[2] He was the author of many legal treatises and papers, and also took active part in Calcutta University as the president of the Law faculty.
[3] In 1871, while Norman was coming down the steps of the Kolkata Town Hall, an Indian Wahabi, Abdullah, attacked him and stabbed him to death.