A. K. Patnaik
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Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik |
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| Judge, Supreme Court of India | |
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In office 17 November 2009 – 2 June 2014 |
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| Appointed by | President of India Pratibha Patil |
| Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court | |
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In office 14 March 2005 – 2 February 2008 |
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| Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court Jabalpur | |
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In office 2005–2009 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 June 1949 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
Ananga Kumar Patnaik is an Indian jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Patnaik was born on 3 June 1949. He is the son of Gopal Chandra Patnaik, an Indian businessman and Shantilata Patnaik. He did his schooling from Rajkumar College, Raipur and graduated from University of Delhi with honours in political science. He then pursued his Bachelor of Laws degree from Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack. He was selected by the Rotary Foundation in Group Study Exchange Programme in 1976 and went to New Jersey, United States for study of institutions of America and its people.
He enrolled with the State Bar Council of Orissa in the year 1974. As an advocate, he practiced in the High Court of Orissa, and subordinate courts & tribunals in the state. He also appeared in several matters before the Supreme Court of India.. He has specialized in commercial law and constitutional law. From 1989 to 1990, he was the standing counsel for Orissa State Road Transportation Corporation and also the senior standing counsel for Commercial Tax Department of the Government of Orissa between 1990 and 1994.
He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Orissa on 13 January 1994. Subsequently, on 7 February 1994, he was transferred to the Gauhati High Court as an Additional Judge. He was made a permanent judge (puisne judge) of the Gauhati High Court in 1995. In 2002 he was transferred to the High Court of Orissa, where he subsequently became the senior most puisne judge of Orissa's High Court. In that capacity he served as the Executive Chairman of the Orissa State Legal Services Authority, which provides legal aid to petitioners in the State of Orissa.
He became Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh on 14 March 2005. He was praised by the then Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti for his role in the running of Chhattisgarh High Court. Later that year he became Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, serving there for four years. During his tenure as the Chief Justice of both these states he was known for his bold judgements and was seen to be as judge who was pro poor and strongly supported the underprivileged classes.
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