Ajit Ray | |
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| 14th Chief Justice of India | |
| In office 26 April 1973 – 28 January 1977 | |
| Appointed by | V. V. Giri |
| Preceded by | Sarv Mittra Sikri |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1912 |
| Died | 25 December 2009 (aged 97) Kolkata, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
Ajit Nath Ray (29 January 1912 – 25 December 2009) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India from 25 April 1973 till his retirement on 28 January 1977.
Ray was the lone dissenter among the eleven Supreme Court judges that examined the constitutionality of the Bank Nationalization Act, in 1969. He had come to his appointment to the Court via Presidency College, Calcutta, Oriel College, Oxford, Gray's Inn, and the Calcutta High Court.[1] His son Justice Ajoy Nath Ray was the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.[2]
- ^ Austin, Granville (1999). Working a Democratic Constitution – A History of the Indian Experience. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 216–217. ISBN 019565610-5.
- ^ Socialist India. Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee. 1974. p. 2.