Ashutosh Mohunta

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|name = Ashutosh Mohunta

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|birth_name = Ashutosh Mohunta

|birth_date = 25 February 1953

|birth_place = Sirsa, East Punjab, India
{{small|(now in Haryana, India)}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|09|22|1953|02|25|df=yes}}

|death_place = Mohali, Punjab, India

|office = Member of Punjab State Human Rights Commission

|term_start = 23 September 2016

|term_end = 22 September 2020

|office1 = Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court

|term_start1 = 26 July 2014

|term_end1 = 15 December 2014
{{small|(Acting)}}

|predecessor1 = Sanjay Kishan Kaul

|successor1 = Shiavax Jal Vazifdar

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Ashutosh Mohunta (25 February 1953 – 22 September 2020) was an Indian judge. He was Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2014. He was a judge on the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2001 to 2010, and once more from 2014 until 2015. Mohunta served on the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2010 to 2014. He was Member of Punjab State Human Rights Commission from 2016 until his death.

Career

Mohunta was born on 25 February 1953, in Sirsa, East Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India).{{cite web|author= |url=http://pshrc.net/Home/Members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320021933/http://pshrc.net/Home/Members |title=Members |publisher=Punjab State Human Rights Commission |date= |archive-date=20 March 2020}} He completed his early education from Mayo College, Ajmer an exclusive and historic boarding school often referred to as the 'Eton of the East' known for educating royalty, nobility, and some of India’s most distinguished families. Later in 1976, he obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Delhi.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/justice-mohunta-to-join-punjab-and-haryana-high-court/story-Qr5JxbhOLeROjeKVdn6ktK.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320063250/https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/justice-mohunta-to-join-punjab-and-haryana-high-court/story-Qr5JxbhOLeROjeKVdn6ktK.html |title=Justice Mohunta to join Punjab and Haryana high court |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2020}} He enrolled as advocate in 1977 in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and started practicing under his father Sushil Chand Mohunta, who at that point was the Advocate General of Haryana.

Mohunta became judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 2 July 2001. He transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed charge on 28 October 2010. He returned to the Punjab and Haryana High Court for health reasons on 26 June 2014. He took over as Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 26 July 2014 and remained in this position until 15 December 2014.[https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?trs=former_cj Former Chief Justices of Punjab and Haryana High Court] highcourtchd.gov.in. Retrieved 20 March 2020. He retired on 24 February 2015.{{cite web|author= |url=http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/sh_sushil_chand_mohunta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320063246/http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/sh_sushil_chand_mohunta |title=Sh. Sushil Chand Mohunta |publisher=Advocate General, Haryana |date= |archive-date=20 March 2020}}

On 23 September 2016 he was appointed Member of Punjab State Human Rights Commission.

Death

Mohunta died on 22 September 2020, due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India at a hospital in Mohali.[http://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=108658&headline=Justice-Ashutosh-Mohunta-passes-away-after-battling-coronavirus Justice Ashutosh Mohunta passes away.] Babushahi. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

References

Category:1953 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Chief justices of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India

Category:Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court

Category:Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

Category:Delhi University alumni

Category:People from Sirsa district