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'''Prafulla Chandra Pant''' (born 30 August 1952) is | '''Prafulla Chandra Pant''' (born 30 August 1952) is a retired judge and author from India who served as a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] from 2014 to 2017.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Chief Justice & Judges {{!}} SUPREME COURT OF INDIA |url=https://main.sci.gov.in/chief-justice-judges |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=main.sci.gov.in}}</ref> He also served as a member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]] from 2019 to 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Former Chairpersons and Members {{!}} National Human Rights Commission India |url=https://nhrc.nic.in/about-us/composition_prev |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=nhrc.nic.in}}</ref> Prior to his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he had previously served as [[Chief justice|Chief Justice]] of [[Meghalaya High Court]] at [[Shillong]] and as a judge of [[Uttarakhand High Court]] at [[Nainital]].<ref name="meghalaya.gov.in">{{cite web |title=Government of Meghalaya — Chief Justice |url=http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/government/keycontact/14796 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409003451/http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/government/keycontact/14796 |archive-date=9 April 2014 |accessdate=6 April 2014 |publisher=meghalaya.gov.in}}</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> | 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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=== Gujarat Shrine Restoration === | === Gujarat Shrine Restoration === | ||
He was a part of the bench with Justice [[Dipak Misra]], which held that destruction of places of worship by a dominant group is not a violation of | He was a part of the bench with Justice [[Dipak Misra]], which held that destruction of places of worship by a dominant group is not a violation of Article 21, Right to Life.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2023 |title=Gujarat Shrine Restoration |url=https://www.scobserver.in/cases/state-of-gujarat-v-islamic-relief-committee-of-gujarat-shrine-restoration-case-background/ |website=SC Observer}}</ref> | ||
== Notable dissents == | == Notable dissents == | ||
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{{Quote|text="In the present case, the allegations do not disclose merely an economic offence but it shows a transgression of the constitutional rights of the victims of the crime. The Chairman of the APSC has the responsibility on behalf of the State for enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of equality in matters of public employment enshrined under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. If the allegations are found to be true, then the offence cannot merely be considered as an economic offence, but a fraud on the Constitution itself by the persons appointed to enforce it."|author=Prafulla Chandra Pant|title=}} | {{Quote|text="In the present case, the allegations do not disclose merely an economic offence but it shows a transgression of the constitutional rights of the victims of the crime. The Chairman of the APSC has the responsibility on behalf of the State for enforcement of the Fundamental Rights of equality in matters of public employment enshrined under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. If the allegations are found to be true, then the offence cannot merely be considered as an economic offence, but a fraud on the Constitution itself by the persons appointed to enforce it."|author=Prafulla Chandra Pant|title=}} | ||
== Personal life == | |||
Prafulla Chandra Pant and his wife, Rashmi Pant were married on 10 June 1979. They have three daughters: Surabhi, Tanushree and Noopur. His wife has made very few public appearances at social events and functions, however Justice Pant has stated that, she had played her role silently in his career, supporting him.<ref>{{Citation |title=FAREWELL FUNCTION IN HONOUR OF HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAFULLA CHANDRA PANT (PART 2 OF 2) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P274BoudSkk |language=en |access-date=2022-12-09}}</ref> | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||