Ashutosh Mohanta

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 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2001 to 2010, and again 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). 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. 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. He retired on 24 February 2015.

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