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{{Infobox officeholder <br />
|name = Ashutosh Mohunta <br />
|image = <br />
|birth_date = 25 February 1953<br />
|birth_place = [[Sirsa]], [[East Punjab]] {{small|(now in [[Haryana]])}}<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|09|22|1953|02|25|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place = [[Mohali]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
|office = Member of [[Punjab State Human Rights Commission]]<br />
|term_start = 23 September 2016<br />
|term_end = 22 September 2020<br />
|office1 = Chief Justice of [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]]<br />
|term_start1 = 26 July 2014<br />
|term_end1 = 15 December 2014 <br>{{small|(Acting)}}<br />
|predecessor1 = [[Sanjay Kishan Kaul]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Shiavax Jal Vazifdar]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''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 on the Punjab and Haryana High Court from 2001 to 2010, and once more 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.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Mohunta was born on 25 February 1953.<ref name=pshrc>{{cite web|author= |url=http://pshrc.net/Home/Members |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320021933/http://pshrc.net/Home/Members |title=Members |publisher=Punjab State Human Rights Commission |date= |archive-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> He grew up in [[Sirsa]].<ref name=pshrc/> In 1976 he obtained his [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]] from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name=ht>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/justice-mohunta-to-join-punjab-and-haryana-high-court/story-Qr5JxbhOLeROjeKVdn6ktK.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320063250/https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/justice-mohunta-to-join-punjab-and-haryana-high-court/story-Qr5JxbhOLeROjeKVdn6ktK.html |title=Justice Mohunta to join Punjab and Haryana high court |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref name=pshrc/><br />
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Mohunta became judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 2 July 2001.<ref name=pshrc/> He transferred to [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] and assumed charge on 28 October 2010. He returned to Punjab and Haryana High Court for health reasons on 26 June 2014.<ref name=pshrc/><ref name=ht/> He took over as Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on 26 July 2014 and remained in this position until 15 December 2014.<ref>[https://highcourtchd.gov.in/?trs=former_cj Former Chief Justices of Punjab and Haryana High Court] ''highcourtchd.gov.in''. Retrieved 20 March 2020.</ref> He retired on 24 February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/sh_sushil_chand_mohunta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320063246/http://advocategeneralhry.gov.in/sh_sushil_chand_mohunta |title=Sh. Sushil Chand Mohunta |publisher=Advocate General, Haryana |date= |archive-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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On 23 September 2016 he was appointed as Member of [[Punjab State Human Rights Commission]].<ref name=pshrc/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Mohunta died on 22 September 2020 due to [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] in a hospital in [[Mohali]].<ref>[http://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=108658&headline=Justice-Ashutosh-Mohunta-passes-away-after-battling-coronavirus Justice Ashutosh Mohunta passes away.] ''Babushahi''. Retrieved 22 September 2020.</ref><br />
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