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Pinaki Chandra Ghosh
1st Lokpal of India
In office
23 March 2019 – 27 May 2022
Nominated byStatutory High-Level Selection Panel (committee) or Body
Appointed byRam Nath Kovind
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPradip Kumar Mohanty (Additional charge)
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office
8 March 2013 – 27 May 2017
Nominated byAltamas Kabir
Appointed byPranab Mukherjee
Personal details
Born (1952-05-28) 28 May 1952 (age 71)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
EducationRamakrishna Mission Vidyapith Purulia (BCom, LLB)
Alma materSt. Xavier's College, Kolkata[1] Hazra Law College, University of Calcutta

Pinaki Chandra Ghose (born 28 May 1952) was the first Lokpal of India serving from 23 March 2019 to 27 May 2022. He is a retired[2] judge of the Supreme Court of India.[3]

Early life and education

Ghose has had a longstanding association with The Ramakrishna Mission. He had his schooling at The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth at Deogarh and Purulia.

Career

Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, he had served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and before that, as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. At the time of his appointment he was a member of the National Human Rights Commission. During his tenure as the judge of the High Court at Calcutta, he was the executive chairman of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority and the Andaman and Nicobar Legal Services Authority. He was also appointed a member of the National Legal Services Authority.

Ghose serves as a vice president of the Institute of Culture, Golpark. He is the chairperson of the Board of Governors of Belur Vidyamandir - B.Ed College.

He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National University of Juridical Sciences at Calcutta as the nominee of the Chief Justice of India.

1st Lokpal of India

He was appointed the first Lokpal of India on 19 March 2019[4] and the president of India administered the oath of office to him on 23 March 2019.[5] On 27 May 2022, he has retired from the post of Lokpal due to his superannuation. Pradip Kumar Mohanty, who was serving as a Member (Judicial) of Lokpal was given additional charge of the Lokpal on 28 May 2022.[6]

Family

Ghose is son of Late Shri Justice Sambhu Chandra Ghose, former chief justice of Calcutta High Court. He is a fifth generation lawyer from a renowned family of Lawyers. Hara Chandra Ghose, who became the first Indian chief judge of the Sadar Dewani Adalat at Calcutta in 1867, was a member of this family.[7]

Justice Ghose being felicitated at a neurosurgery conference in 2019

References

  1. ^ "Meet the two Supreme Court judges from Bengal who sent Sasikala to jail".
  2. ^ ""Will be remembered for Jayalalithaa DA judgment", PC Ghose J.bids farewell as SC closes for summer". 9 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Supreme Court to get two more judges". The Hindu News Portal. 23 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Former SC judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose tipped to be India's first Lokpal". thehindu. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Ex-Top Court Judge Justice PC Ghose Takes Oath as India's First Lokpal".
  6. ^ "Justice Mohanty gets additional charge of Lokpal chairperson". Hindustan Times. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Chief Justice of India & Sitting Hon'ble Judges Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose". Supreme Court of India portal.
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