AK Ganguly
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Hon'ble Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly |
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Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly
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| Judge, Supreme Court of India | |
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In office 17 December 2008 – 3 February 2012 |
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| Appointed by | President of India |
| Chief Justice, Orissa High Court | |
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In office 2 March 2007 – 18 May 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Justice Sujit Barman Roy |
| Succeeded by | Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan |
| Chief Justice, Madras High Court | |
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In office 19 May 2008 – December 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Justice Ajit Prakash Shah |
| Succeeded by | Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1947 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse(s) | Mrs. Roma Ganguly |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly is the former Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India who delivered judgement in some high-profile cases like the 2G spectrum scam. He has been recently indicted by a panel of the Supreme Court for sexually harassing a young law intern in a hotel room. He was given a clean chit after the intern refused to record her statement before the police.
Justice Ganguly was born on 3 February 1947. He graduated in M.A (English) from University of Calcutta in 1968 and then passed LLB from the same university in 1970.
He started his career in 1969 by teaching in the same school of which he was once a student. In 1972, he started practise in Calcutta High Court. On 10 January 1994, he was appointed a permanent judge of Calcutta High Court but within 3 months was transferred to Patna High Court. After remaining in Patna High Court for more than 6 years, he was transferred back to Calcutta High Court on 1 August 2000. There he subsequently became senior most puisne Judge in March 2005. He functioned twice as "Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court". Later he was transferred to Orissa High Court where he joined as the senior most puisne Judge on 21 April 2006. On 2 March 2007 he took oath as Chief Justice of Orissa. He joined Madras High Court as Chief Justice on 19 May 2008. Later he was transferred to Supreme Court of India where he joined on 17 December 2008 and remained in the apex court for more than 3 years. On 3 February 2012 he attained superannuation. Post his retirement, justice Ganguly worked as guest faculty at National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He also went on to be the Chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights commission, where his role was highly appreciated.
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