Ganendra Narayan Ray

{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1933)}}

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|office1 = Judge of the Supreme Court of India

|term_start1 = 7 October 1991

|term_end1 = 30 April 1998

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|office2 = Chairman Press Council

|term_start2 = 11 March 2005

|term_end2 = 4 October 2011

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|office3 = Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court

|term_start3 = 2 December 1990

|term_end3 = 7 October 1991

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Ganendra Narayan Ray (born 1 May 1933) is a Bengali Indian jurist, who served as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court.{{Cite web |url=http://gujarathighcourt.nic.in/incumbency.htm |title=Incumbency List |access-date=10 January 2013 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090619061417/http%3A//gujarathighcourt.nic.in/incumbency.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}[http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/78_gnray.htm Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.N. Ray]

Early life and education

He was educated at the Presidency College, the Scottish Church College and the Department of Law, University of Calcutta at the University of Calcutta.Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 592[http://presscouncil.nic.in/ChairmanGNRay.htm Press Council of India details]

Career

Between 1990 and 1991, he had served as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court. Between 1991 till his retirement in 1998, he served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India. He currently resides at Saltlake, Kolkata.

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