Altamas Kabir

Altamas Kabir
Altamas Kabir
	Official portrait, September 2005.
39th Chief Justice of India
	In office; 29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	S. H. Kapadia
Succeeded by	P. Sathasivam
Judge of Supreme Court of India
	In office; 9 September 2005 – 29 September 2012
Nominated by	R. C. Lahoti
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3rd Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court
	In office; 1 March 2005 – 8 September 2005
Nominated by	R. C. Lahoti
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by	P. K. Balasubramanyan; S. J. Mukhopadhaya (acting);
Succeeded by	Nelavoy Dhinakar; S. J. Mukhopadhaya (acting);
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
	In office; 6 August 1990 – 28 February 2005
Nominated by	Sabyasachi Mukharji
Appointed by	R. Venkataraman
	Acting Chief Justice
	In office; 11 January 2005 – 28 February 2005
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Preceded by	Ashok Kumar Mathur; Ajoy Nath Ray (acting);
Succeeded by	V. S. Sirpurkar; A. K. Ganguly (acting);
Personal details
Born	19 July 1948; Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, Dominion of India (present-day India)
Died	19 February 2017 (aged 68); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Relations	Humayun Kabir (uncle); Khabeeruddin Ahmed (grandfather)
Parent	Jehangir Kabir
Alma mater	University of Calcutta

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Altamas Kabir (19 July 1948 – 19 February 2017) was an Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 39th Chief Justice of India.