Ashok Kumar Mathur
Ashok Kumar Mathur | |
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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) the former Chief justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed as the Chairman of 7th Pay Commission.
Early life[]
Mathur completed his in M.A. degree in Philosophy from Rajasthan University in 1964 and passed his LL.B. in 1966.[1]
Career[]
Mathur started his lawyer career in the Rajasthan High Court in 1967. Initially he worked as Government Advocate. He was elevated as Judge on 13 July 1985 of the Rajasthan High Court. He was transferred from Madhya Pradesh High Court to the Calcutta High Court on 22 December 1999 as Chief Justice.[2] 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 as the Chairman of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) and Defence Forces and also headed the Armed Forces Tribunal.[3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Brief Profile". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Former Chief Justices". calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission". Deccan Chronicle. PTI. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Pay Commission". psuconnect.in. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Seventh Pay Commission chairman finds discrepancy between IAS and non-IAS glaring". economictimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- 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
- Justices of the Supreme Court of India
- 20th-century Indian lawyers
- 21st-century Indian judges