Asok Kumar Ganguly
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly is an Indian jurist. He served as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission and as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India who delivered judgements in some high-profile cases like the 2G spectrum case. Early life and education. 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. Career. He started his career in 1969 by teaching in the same school, Khidderpore Academy of which he was once  a student. In 1972, he started practice 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 elevated to the Supreme Court of India where he joined on 17 December 2008 and remained in the apex court for more than 3 years. He retired on 3 February 2012. 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. Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice