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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> | ||