Prafulla Chandra Pant
Hon'ble Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant | |
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Justice Pant (c. 2004) | |
| Member of 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 | Mahesh Mittal Kumar |
Acting Chairperson | |
| In office 25 April 2021 – 1 June 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | H. L. Dattu |
| Succeeded by | Arun Kumar Mishra |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
| In office 13 August 2014 – 29 August 2017 | |
| Nominated by | R. M. Lodha |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 2nd Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court | |
| In office 20 September 2013 – 12 August 2014 | |
| Nominated by | P. Sathasivam |
| Appointed by | Pranab Mukherjee |
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| Judge of Uttarakhand High Court | |
| In office 29 June 2004 – 19 September 2013 | |
| Nominated by | R. C. Lahoti |
| Appointed by | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1952 |
| Spouse |
Rashmi Pant (m. 1979) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Allahabad (B.Sc) University of Lucknow(LL.B) |
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Prafulla Chandra Pant (born 30 August 1952) is a retired 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 judge from the 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.