Ashok Kumar Mathur
Ashok Kumar Mathur | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 7 June 2004 – 7 August 2008 | |
| Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court | |
| In office 22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Prabha Shankar Mishra |
| Succeeded by | V. S. Sirpurkar |
| Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1943 |
| Alma mater | University of Rajasthan |
Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 7 August 1943) is retired judge of the Supreme Court of India and a former chief justice of Calcutta High Court and of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was appointed the chairman of Armed Forces Tribunal, and chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission. He also conducted a court of inquiry in the Boeing crash at Ahmedabad in 1988.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Ashok Mathur completed his Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from Rajasthan University in 1964 and passed his Bachelor of Laws in 1966.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Ashok Mathur started his legal career in the Rajasthan High Court in 1967. Initially he worked as Government Advocate. He was elevated as a Judge on 13 July 1985 of the Rajasthan High Court. He also conducted a court of inquiry in Boeing crash at Ahmedabad in 1987–88. He was transferred from Rajasthan High Court to Madhya Pradesh High Court in February 1994 and was elevated as the chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.[2] Then he was transferred to Calcutta High Court as chief justice on 22 December 1999. Ashok Mathur became a judge of the Supreme Court in 2004 and retired from service on 7 August 2008 from there. After the retirement, he was appointed the Chairman of the Armed Forces Tribunal[3][4][5] and also headed the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC).
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Indian judges
- Chief justices of the Calcutta High Court
- Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
- Judges of the Rajasthan High Court
- Chief justices of the Rajasthan High Court
- Justices of the Supreme Court of India
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
- 21st-century Indian judges
- University of Rajasthan alumni