{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ashok Kumar Mathur | office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India | office1 = Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court | alma_mater = University of Rajasthan | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|08|07}} | term1 = 22 December 1999 – 6 June 2004 | appointer = A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | term = 7 June 2004 – 7 August 2008 | successor1 = V. S. Sirpurkar | predecessor1 = Prabha Shankar Mishra | office2 = Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court }} '''Ashok Kumar Mathur''' (born 7 August 1943) is retired judge of the Supreme Court of India and a former chief justice of Calcutta High Court and of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was appointed the chairman of Armed Forces Tribunal, and chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission. He also conducted a court of inquiry in the Boeing crash at Ahmedabad in 1988.
==Early life== Ashok Mathur completed his Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from Rajasthan University in 1964 and passed his Bachelor of Laws in 1966. He is <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.staffcorner.com/view.html?id=5725722907770880|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Brief Profile|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Ashok Mathur started his legal career in the Rajasthan High Court in 1967. Initially he worked as Government Advocate. He was elevated as a Judge on 13 July 1985 of the Rajasthan High Court. He also conducted a court of inquiry in Boeing crash at Ahmedabad in 1987–88. He was transferred from Rajasthan High Court to Madhya Pradesh High Court in February 1994 and was elevated as the chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|title=Former Chief Justices|website=calcuttahighcourt.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019095258/http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/former_cj.htm|archive-date=19 October 2017|access-date=10 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Then he was transferred to Calcutta High Court as chief justice on 22 December 1999. Ashok Mathur became a judge of the Supreme Court in 2004 and retired from service on 7 August 2008 from there. After the retirement, he was appointed the Chairman of the Armed Forces Tribunal<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140204/news-current-affairs/article/justice-ashok-kumar-mathur-head-7th-central-pay-commission|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Central Pay Commission|agency=PTI|date=4 February 2014|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.psuconnect.in/news/Justice-Ashok-Kumar-Mathur-to-head-7th-Pay-Commission/2701|title=Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur to head 7th Pay Commission|website=psuconnect.in|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/seventh-pay-commission-chairman-finds-discrepancy-between-ias-and-non-ias-glaring/articleshow/50248461.cms|title=Seventh Pay Commission chairman finds discrepancy between IAS and non-IAS glaring|website=economictimes.com|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> and also headed the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC).
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