Ashok Kumar Mathur

Ashok Kumar Mathur (born 7 August 1943) the former chief justice of Calcutta High Court and chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed the chairman of Armed Forces Tribunal, also he was appointed Chairman of 7th Central Pay Commission. He also conducted a court of inquiry in Boeing crash at Ahmedabad in 1987–88.

Ashok Kumar Mathur
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
7 June 2004 – 7 August 2008
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court
In office
22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004
Preceded byPrabha Shankar Mishra
Succeeded byV. S. Sirpurkar
Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court
Personal details
Born (1943-08-07) 7 August 1943
Alma materUniversity of Rajasthan

Early life

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

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).

References
  1. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Brief Profile". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. "Former Chief Justices". calcuttahighcourt.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission". Deccan Chronicle. PTI. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. "Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Pay Commission". psuconnect.in. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. "Seventh Pay Commission chairman finds discrepancy between IAS and non-IAS glaring". economictimes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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