Gopal Ballav Pattanaik

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik
Pattanaik giving a speech in 2018
32nd Chief Justice of India
In office
8 November 2002[1] – 18 December 2002
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded byBhupinder Nath Kirpal
Succeeded byV. N. Khare[2]
Personal details
Born (1937-12-19) 19 December 1937 (age 86)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationJurist
AwardsUtkal Ratna 2021

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 19 December 1937) is an Indian lawyer and later a jurist who served over a period of 19 years in the bench of the Odisha High Court as a permanent judge, as chief justice of the Patna High Court, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and as the 32nd[3] Chief Justice of India.[4] [5]

Pattanaik grew up in Cuttack, Odisha, where he later studied at the Ravenshaw College and then graduated in science from Ewing Christian College, Allahabad University. He then went on to earn his degree in Law from Madhusudan Law College at Cuttack affiliated to the Utkal University in Odisha.

In 2002, Pattanaik was appointed Chief Justice of India by the President Shri A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

  1. ^ A. P. Bhardwaj (2016). Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning For the CLAT and LL.B. Entrance Examinations. Pearson India. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-93-325-7559-2.
  2. ^ Ganesh Kumar (September 2010). Modern General Knowledge. Upkar Prakashan. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-81-7482-180-5.
  3. ^ S. C. Bhatt (2005). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. India. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 465–. ISBN 978-81-7835-393-7.
  4. ^ "Justice Pattanaik sworn-in as new CJI". Express India. 8 November 2002. Retrieved 4 July 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Archive News - The Hindu". The Hindu.