Iqbal Ahmed Ansari | |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1954 |
Birth Place: | Tezpur, Assam |
Office: | Chairperson of PSHRC |
Term Start: | 1 August 2017 |
Predecessor: | Jagadish Bhalla |
Office1: | Chief Justice of Patna High Court |
Term Start1: | 29 July 2016 |
Term End1: | 28 October 2016 |
Successor1: | Rajendra Menon |
Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari (born 29 October 1954) is the Incumbent Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission[1] and former Chief Justice of Patna High Court.[2]
He did his Bsc. from Darrang College, Tezpur and completed graduation in Law from Tezpur Law College. He was elevated to Guwahati High Court on 4 March 2004. He also served as Executive Chairman of State Legal Services Authority in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland and has accordingly performed the duty of legal awareness.
In July 2016 he became the Chief Justice of Patna High Court[3] and retired in October 2016.
On 1 August 2017 he was appointed Chairperson of Punjab State Human Rights Commission.[4]