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He is one of the very few judges to have reached the apex court who joined judicial service as a civil judge junior division (Munsiff).<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the career trajectory of a judge in lower judiciary? |url=https://lawsikho.com/blog/what-is-the-career-trajectory-of-a-judge-in-the-lower-judiciary/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=Law Sikho}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=India |first=Press Trust of |date=2017-08-29 |title=SC judge Justice P C Pant demits office |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-judge-justice-p-c-pant-demits-office-117082901164_1.html |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>He was the first [[jurist]] from [[Uttarakhand]] to serve as a judge of Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Hon'ble Judges |url=https://highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in/pages/display/273-former-honble-judges}}</ref> He was also the first [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of Meghalaya High Court to be elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Chief Justices and Judges {{!}} High Court of Meghalaya |url=https://meghalayahighcourt.nic.in/former-chief-justices-judges}}</ref> | He is one of the very few judges to have reached the apex court who joined judicial service as a civil judge junior division (Munsiff).<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the career trajectory of a judge in lower judiciary? |url=https://lawsikho.com/blog/what-is-the-career-trajectory-of-a-judge-in-the-lower-judiciary/ |access-date=24 January 2023 |website=Law Sikho}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=India |first=Press Trust of |date=2017-08-29 |title=SC judge Justice P C Pant demits office |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/sc-judge-justice-p-c-pant-demits-office-117082901164_1.html |access-date=2023-03-02}}</ref>He was the first [[jurist]] from [[Uttarakhand]] to serve as a judge of Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Hon'ble Judges |url=https://highcourtofuttarakhand.gov.in/pages/display/273-former-honble-judges}}</ref> He was also the first [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of Meghalaya High Court to be elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Chief Justices and Judges {{!}} High Court of Meghalaya |url=https://meghalayahighcourt.nic.in/former-chief-justices-judges}}</ref> | ||
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Prafulla Chandra Pant was born on 30 August 1952 in [[Pithoragarh]], Uttarakhand (then part of [[Uttar Pradesh]] state) to Ishwari Datt Pant and Pratima Pant.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pant |first=Prafulla Chandra |title=संघर्ष और भाग्य |publisher=Modern Law Publications |year= |location=[[Prayagraj]] |pages=13 |language=hi}}</ref> His father, I. D. Pant was a teacher who served as Principal of Bapu Government Inter College in Pithoragarh. He got his primary and secondary education from Mirthi in Pithoragarh and senior secondary education from Government Inter College, Pithoragarh.<ref>{{Cite book |title=संघर्ष और भाग्य |pages=18,26}}</ref> He graduated from [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]] with a degree of [[Bachelor of Science]], followed by an [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]]<nowiki/>from [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]] in which he secured first division.<ref>{{Cite book |title=संघर्ष और भाग्य |pages=30-34}}</ref> | |||
Pant, during his [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]] years wished to join the Armed Forces. He took the written examination of [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] (NDA) and qualified for the interview round, to be taken by the [[Services Selection Board]] (SSB), but ultimately was not selected by the board. Even when he was pursuing LL.B., he took the [[Combined Defence Services Examination|Combined Defence Services (CDS) exam]] and qualified the written examination, but again was rejected by the interview board.<ref>{{Cite book |title=संघर्ष और भाग्य |pages=31}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||