Ashok Panda

Ashok Panda is a practicing Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court and was a close associate of Justice V.M. Tarkunde. Having witnessed most of the defining moments in the history of the Supreme Court of India, he is uniquely placed to write this book. As a close associate of Justice V.M. Tarkunde, he has been part of the human rights movement since the mid-seventies. Along with the late Ashok Srivastava, he was appointed Court Commissioner in the famous Bandhua Mukti Morcha case by the Supreme Court. He has also assisted the Supreme Court in the Jain Hawala Case.