Member of the National Human Rights Commission of India
In office 22 April 2019 – 11 September 2021
Appointed by
Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by
Pinaki Chandra Ghose
Succeeded by
Vacant
Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court
In office 20 September 2013 – 12 August 2014
Appointed by
Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by
T. Meena Kumari
Succeeded by
Uma Nath Singh
Permanent Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court
In office 19 February 2008 – 19 September 2013
Appointed by
Pratibha Patil
Additional Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court
In office 29 June 2004 – 18 February 2008
Nominated by
S. H. Kapadia
Appointed by
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Personal details
Born
(1952-08-30) 30 August 1952 (age 71) Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India
Spouse
Rashmi Pant
(m. 1979)
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Allahabad
(BSc) University of Lucknow (LLB)
Occupation
Judge
author
Prafulla Chandra Pant's voice
Justice Pant delivering the inaugural address on Human Rights Day Celebration at National Human Rights Commission of India Recorded 10 December 2020
Other offices
2003–2004: Registrar General of the Uttarakhand High Court
2001-2003: District and Sessions Judge at Nainital
2000-2001: Judicial Secretary of Uttarakhand
Prafulla Chandra Pant[a] (born 30 August 1952) is an Indian judge and author who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 2014 to 2017. He later served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of India from 2019 to 2021, and briefly acted as its chairperson. Prior to his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he had previously served as chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court at Shillong and as a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital.
He was the first jurist from Uttarakhand to serve as a judge of Supreme Court of India. He was also the first judge from the Meghalaya High Court to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India, previously having served as its chief justice.
Pant has been instrumental in major cases, including decisions on execution of Yakub Memon, criminal appeals, defamation laws, religious conversions, and bank employees.
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