Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose retired from Supreme Court yesterday after a tenure of little over four years..Justice Ghose enrolled at the Bar in 1976. He practised in Calcutta High Court and was elevated to the Bench as a judge of the Calcutta High Court in 1997. He was then transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court where he became the Chief Justice in December 2012. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on March 8, 2013..Justice Ghose had his last working day on May 9. At the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), members of the legal fraternity had fondly recalled the tenure of Justice Ghose..The Bar and the Bench had reminisced some of his noteworthy judgments including the Jallikattu judgment, orders in Bar Council election matter and the judgment in Jayalalithaa DA case..With the retirement of Justice Ghose, vacancies in Supreme Court have risen to four. Supreme Court now has 27 judges as against the sanctioned strength of 31. Two more judges will retire from Supreme Court this year – current Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar, who will retire on August 27 and Justice PC Pant, who will retire on August 29.
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose retired from Supreme Court yesterday after a tenure of little over four years..Justice Ghose enrolled at the Bar in 1976. He practised in Calcutta High Court and was elevated to the Bench as a judge of the Calcutta High Court in 1997. He was then transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court where he became the Chief Justice in December 2012. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on March 8, 2013..Justice Ghose had his last working day on May 9. At the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), members of the legal fraternity had fondly recalled the tenure of Justice Ghose..The Bar and the Bench had reminisced some of his noteworthy judgments including the Jallikattu judgment, orders in Bar Council election matter and the judgment in Jayalalithaa DA case..With the retirement of Justice Ghose, vacancies in Supreme Court have risen to four. Supreme Court now has 27 judges as against the sanctioned strength of 31. Two more judges will retire from Supreme Court this year – current Chief Justice of India, Justice JS Khehar, who will retire on August 27 and Justice PC Pant, who will retire on August 29.
