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			{{Short description\|Indian judge (1944–2019)}}
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	{{Infobox ~~Judge~~		{{Infobox judge
	\| image =		\| image =
	~~\| honorific_prefix~~ = ~~Honourable Justice~~		\| name = Satya Brata Sinha
	\| name = Satya Brata Sinha		\| imagesize =
	\| imagesize = ~~180px~~		\| caption =
	\| caption = ~~Justice S. B. Sinha~~		\| office = 5th Chairperson of [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]]
	\| office = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]		\| termstart = 3 November 2009
	\| ~~termstart~~ = 3 October 2002		\| termend = 2 November 2012
	\| ~~termend~~ = 8 August 2009		\| appointer = [[Pratibha Patil]]
	\| ~~nominator~~ = [[Bhupinder Nath Kirpal]]		\| predecessor = Arun Kumar
	\| ~~appointer~~ = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]		\| successor = [[Aftab Alam (judge)\|Aftab Alam]]
	\| ~~predecessor~~ =		\| office1 = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
	\| ~~successor~~ =		\| termstart1 = 3 October 2002
	\| ~~office1~~=[[Chief Justice~~\|Chief Justice~~ of Delhi High Court]]		\| termend1 = 8 August 2009
	\| ~~nominator1~~=[[Sam Piroj Bharucha]]		\| nominator1 = [[Bhupinder Nath Kirpal]]
	\| ~~appointer1~~=[[~~Kocheril Raman~~ Narayanan]]		\| appointer1 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
	\| ~~termstart1~~=26 November 2001		\| predecessor1 =
	\| ~~termend1~~=2 October 2002		\| successor1 =
	\| ~~office2~~=[[~~Chief Justice~~\|Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court]]		\| office2 = 21st [[Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]]
	\| ~~termstart2~~=11 December 2000		\| nominator2 = [[Sam Piroj Bharucha]]
	\| ~~termend2~~=25 November 2001		\| appointer2 = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
	\| ~~nominator2~~=[[Adarsh Sein Anand]]		\| termstart2 = 26 November 2001
	\| ~~appointer2~~=[[~~Kocheril Raman~~ Narayanan]]		\| termend2 = 2 October 2002
			\| predecessor2 = [[Arijit Pasayat]]
			\| successor2 = Babulal Chandulal Patel
			\| office3 = 27th [[Chief Justice]] of [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
			\| termstart3 = 11 December 2000
			\| termend3 = 25 November 2001
			\| nominator3 = [[Adarsh Sein Anand]]
			\| appointer3 = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
			\| predecessor3 = [[M. S. Liberhan]]
			\| successor3 = [[A. R. Lakshmanan]]
			\| office4 = [[Judge]] of [[Calcutta High Court]]
			\| termstart4 = 11 May 1994
			\| termend4 = 10 December 2000
			\| nominator4 = [[M. N. Venkatachaliah]]
			\| appointer4 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
			\| office5 = [[Judge]] of [[Patna High Court]]
			\| termstart5 = 9 March 1987
			\| termend5 = 10 May 1994
			\| nominator5 = [[R. S. Pathak]]
			\| appointer5 = [[Zail Singh]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1944\|8\|8\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1944\|8\|8\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Dhanbad]], Jharkhand, India		\| birth_place = [[Dhanbad]], Jharkhand, India
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	'''Satya Brata Sinha''' (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019), known as '''S. B. Sinha''' was a jurist and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].		'''Satya Brata Sinha''' (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019){{cn\|date=October 2021}}, known as '''S. B. Sinha,''' was a jurist and former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].

	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
	~~Justice~~ S. B. Sinha was born on 8 August 1944 at [[Dhanbad]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], India. He ~~Passed~~ his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his Bachelor of Laws ~~(B.L) Degree~~ from ~~Chota Nagpur~~ Law College in 1967. ~~Justice Joined~~ the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to [[Ranchi]] upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] in 1976.		S. B. Sinha was born in [[Kayastha]] on 8 August 1944 at [[Dhanbad]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], India. He passed his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree from [[Chotanagpur Law College]] in 1967. Sinha joined the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to [[Ranchi]] upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] in 1976.

	He was designated as ~~Senior Advocate~~ by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed as the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] and was elevated to the ~~Bench of~~ Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 11 May 1994. He ~~has~~ served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of ~~Calcutta,~~ Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.		He was designated as senior advocate by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] and was elevated to the Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 11 May 1994. He served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=High Court for the State of Telangana \|url=https://tshc.gov.in/showFormerJudgeProfile?id=173 \|access-date=2025-08-31 \|website=tshc.gov.in}}</ref>

	He was elevated as a ~~[[Judge]]~~ of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109163741/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm \| archivedate=9 January 2010 \| title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha \| publisher=Supreme Court of India\|year=2009}}</ref>		He was elevated as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm \| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109163741/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm \| archivedate=9 January 2010 \| title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha \| publisher=Supreme Court of India\|year=2009}}</ref>

	==TDSAT Chairman==		==TDSAT Chairman==

	On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, ~~Justice S. B.~~ Sinha was appointed as the ~~Chairman~~ of the [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]] (TDSAT) succeeding ~~Justice~~ Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/justice-s-b-sinha-joins-tdsat-as-chairman-109110300190_1.html \| title=Justice S B Sinha joins TDSAT as Chairman \| date=21 January 2013 \| author=Press Trust of India \| newspaper=Business Standard \| accessdate=13 August 2018 }}</ref>		On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, Sinha was appointed the chairman of the [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]] (TDSAT) succeeding Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/justice-s-b-sinha-joins-tdsat-as-chairman-109110300190_1.html \| title=Justice S B Sinha joins TDSAT as Chairman \| date=21 January 2013 \| author=Press Trust of India \| newspaper=Business Standard \| accessdate=13 August 2018 }}</ref>

	== Death ==		== Death ==
	~~Justice~~ Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in [[New Delhi]]. ~~His funeral was held on 20 March. Leading legal luminaries and his contemporaries condoled the death of a stalwart of India's legal fraternity.~~		Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in [[New Delhi]].{{cn\|date=May 2023}}

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox Judge
| image =
| honorific_prefix = Honourable Justice
| name = Satya Brata Sinha
| imagesize = 180px
| caption = Justice S. B. Sinha
| office = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart = 3 October 2002
| termend = 8 August 2009
| nominator = [[Bhupinder Nath Kirpal]]
| appointer = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office1=[[Chief Justice|Chief Justice of Delhi High Court]]
| nominator1=[[Sam Piroj Bharucha]]
| appointer1=[[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| termstart1=26 November 2001
| termend1=2 October 2002
| office2=[[Chief Justice|Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court]]
| termstart2=11 December 2000
| termend2=25 November 2001
| nominator2=[[Adarsh Sein Anand]]
| appointer2=[[Kocheril Raman Narayanan]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|8|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dhanbad]], Jharkhand, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|3|19|1944|8|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| spouse = Utpala Sinha
}}

'''Satya Brata Sinha''' (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019), known as '''S. B. Sinha''' was a jurist and a former judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]].

==Introduction==
Justice S. B. Sinha was born on 8 August 1944 at [[Dhanbad]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], India. He Passed his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his Bachelor of Laws (B.L) Degree from Chota Nagpur Law College in 1967. Justice Joined the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to [[Ranchi]] upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] in 1976.

He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed as the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the [[Patna High Court]] and was elevated to the Bench of Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the [[Calcutta High Court]] on 11 May 1994. He has served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

He was elevated as a [[Judge]] of the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109163741/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm | archivedate=9 January 2010 | title=Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha | publisher=Supreme Court of India|year=2009}}</ref>

==TDSAT Chairman==

On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, Justice S. B. Sinha was appointed as the Chairman of the [[Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal]] (TDSAT) succeeding Justice Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/justice-s-b-sinha-joins-tdsat-as-chairman-109110300190_1.html | title=Justice S B Sinha joins TDSAT as Chairman | date=21 January 2013 | author=Press Trust of India | newspaper=Business Standard | accessdate=13 August 2018 }}</ref>

== Death ==
Justice Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in [[New Delhi]]. His funeral was held on 20 March. Leading legal luminaries and his contemporaries condoled the death of a stalwart of India's legal fraternity.

==References==
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