Justice A.K. Patnaik

Shri Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik was born on 03.06.1949. He is son of late Shri Gopal Chandra Patnaik, a leading businessman with great repute in Orissa. He had his schooling at Rajkumar College, Raipur. He was awarded prize for the “Best All Round Conduct and Leadership” in School. He had higher education from Delhi University with Honours in Political Science and obtained Law Degree from Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack. He was selected by the Rotary Foundation in Group Study Exchange Programme in 1976 and went to New Jersey, U.S.A. for study of institutions of America and its people. He was enrolled with the State Bar Council of Orissa on 28.03.1974. He practiced in the High Court, Subordinate Courts and Tribunals in Orissa and also appeared many a times before the Supreme Court of India. He practiced in different branches of law with specialization in Commercial Law and Constitutional Law. He was the Standing Counsel for the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation from 02.05.1989 to 01.09.1990 and has been the Senior Standing Counsel for the Commercial Taxes Organization, Government of Orissa from 22.09.1990 to 12.01.1994. He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Orissa on 13.01.1994 and on transfer assumed charge as Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court on 07.02.1994. He became a permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court in 1995. After rendering valuable services for eight years as a Judge in the Gauhati High Court, he again assumed charge as a Judge of Orissa High Court on 15.04.2002. He was the senior most Puisne Judge of the Orissa High Court and was the Executive Chairman of the Orissa State Legal Services Authority. He was also the Chairman of Orissa Judicial Academy. He was appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh on 14.03.2005. On transfer, assumed charge as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on 02.10.2005. Appointed as Judge, Supreme Court of India, on 17.11.2009. Due to retire on 03.06.2014 (F/N). Has been nominated by the Chief Justice of India as the Visitor of the National Law University, Orissa, and as the Visitor of the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Has been conferred with the degree of Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) by the Utkal University on 02.03.2012. Has been nominated by the Chief Justice of India as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee. Has been nominated by the Chief Justice of India/President, Indian Law Institute, as the Chairman of the Committee on �Constitutional Law and Allied Subjects� for the project of the Indian Law Institute on Restatement of Indian Law. Retired on 02.06.2014 (F.N.)