Prafulla Chandra Pant

Prafulla Chandra Pant (born 30 August 1952) is an Indian judge and author. He is known for his career in the Indian courts and judiciary. He started his career as a civil judge (the lowest ranked judge). He got promoted through the ranks to become a judge of the Supreme Court of India (the highest court of India). He worked in the Supreme Court from 2014 to 2017.
Early life and education

Prafulla Chandra Pant was born on 30 August 1952 in Pithoragarh, a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. His parents were Ishwari Datt Pant and Pratima Pant. His father was a teacher and his mother was a housewife. 

He completed high school from Government Inter College in Pithoragarh. He went to college at Allahabad University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He got his law degree of LL.B. from University of Lucknow.

Pant wanted to join the Indian Army when he was in college and took the National Defence Academy exam for the same. But, he was not selected.
 Career 

 District judiciary 
Pant passed the Uttar Pradesh Munsif Services Examination of 1973 and was selected as a judge. He then started his work in the Indian Judiciary from Uttar Pradesh in 1976. He worked in the lower judiciary of Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad, Pilibhit, Ranikhet, Bareilly and Meerut.

He was promoted to Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service in 1990 and worked as an Additional District Judge in Bahraich. He also worked as Joint Registrar at Allahabad High Court.

In 2000, a new Indian state of Uttarakhand was created. Pant was transferred to Uttarakhand and became its first Judicial Secretary. He was District Judge at Nainital and Registrar General of Uttarakhand High Court.

 High Court 
He was promoted from district judiciary. He became a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court (the highest court in Uttarakhand) on 29 June 2004 and worked there till 19 September 2013.

He was then promoted as Chief Justice (the highest ranking judge) of the Meghalaya High Court (the highest court in the Indian state of Meghalaya). He started his work as Chief Justice on 20 September 2013.

 Supreme Court 
He was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. He began his work in the Supreme Court on 13 August 2014 and continued till 29 August 2017.

 References 

Category:Living people
Category:1952 births
Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India