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CBSE Art Integration Project

Subject : English
Topic : Famous Personality
State : Chattisgarh
Name : Gaurav Zala
Class : 10 a
School : Navrachana International School
Vadodara
Ananga Kumar Patnaik
Indian jurist.
Patnaik was born on 3 June 1949. 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.
Judgeship...
 He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the
High Court of Orissa on 13 January 1994.
 He became Chief Justice of the High Court of
Chhattisgarh on 14 March 2005.
 On 17 November 2009, he was appointed as a
judge of the Supreme Court of India which he
served till his retirement on 2 June 2014.
 He was also nominated by the CJI who is the ex-
officio President of Indian Law Institute
Notable work and Honours :
 He was a member of the "In-House Committee" to probe into the
allegations made against Justice Soumitra Sen.
 On 16 March 2012, he became a part of a special two-judge bench
(constituted by Chief Justice of India
 In March 2012, Patnaik was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Law
by the Utkal University.

   
A sketch of Mr. Justice
Ananga Kumar Patnaik
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