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{{Short description|Former Judge of Supreme Court of India}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Short description|Judge of Supreme Court of India from 2014 to 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image              = Pcpant.jpg
| honorific-prefix    = [[Hon'ble]]
| name                = Prafulla Chandra Pant
| imagesize          =
| caption            = Justice Pant, 2004
| office              = Member of [[National Human Rights Commission of India]]
| termstart          = 22 April 2019
| termend            = 11 September 2021
| appointer          = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| office1            = Judge of [[Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart1          = 13 August 2014
| termend1            = 29 August 2017
| appointer1          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| office2            = Chief Justice of [[Meghalaya High Court]]
| termstart2          = 20 September 2013
| termend2            = 12 August 2014
| appointer2          = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| office3            = Permanent Judge of [[Uttarakhand High Court]]
| term_start3        = 19 February 2008
| term_end3          = 19 September 2013
| appointer3          = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| office4            = Additional Judge of [[Uttarakhand High Court]]
| term_start4        = 29 June 2004
| term_end4          = 18 February 2008
| appointer4          = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
| office5            = District and Sessions Judge of [[Nainital]]
| term_start5        = 8 September 2001
| term_end5          = 26 February 2003
| appointer5          = [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|8|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Pithoragarh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| death_date          =
| death_place        =
| alma_mater          = [[University of Allahabad]]
([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])<br/>[[University of Lucknow]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| predecessor2        = [[T. Meena Kumari]]
| successor2          = [[Uma Nath Singh]]
| nominator1          = Collegium headed by [[Rajendra Mal Lodha]]
| children            = 3
| spouse              = {{marriage|Rashmi Pant|10 June 1979}}
| occupation          = {{hlist|Judge|author}}
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox Judge
| image        =
| honorific-prefix = Justice
| name          = Prafulla Chandra Pant
| imagesize    =
| caption      =
| office        = [[List of sitting judges of the Supreme Court of India|Judge of the Supreme Court of India]]
| termstart    = 13 August 2014
| termend      = 29 August 2017
| appointer    = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>([[President of India]])
| office1      = [[Chief Justice|2nd Chief Justice]] of the [[Meghalaya High Court]]
| termstart1    = 20 September 2013
| termend1      = 12 August 2014
| appointer1  = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>([[President of India]])
|predecessor1  = Justice [[T. Meena Kumari]]
| successor1    = Justice [[Uma Nath Singh]]
| office2      = [[Judge]] of the [[Uttarakhand High Court]]
| termstart2    = 19 February 2008
| termend2      = 19 September 2013
| appointer2  = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>([[President of India]])
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1952|8|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Pithoragarh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| death_date    =
| death_place  =
|alma_mater        = [[University of Lucknow]],<br/>[[University of Allahabad]]
}}


Justice '''Prafulla Chandra Pant''' (born 30 August 1952) is an [[India]]n author, a former Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] and a former member of the [[National Human Rights Commission of India]]. Prior to his appointment as Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]], he had previously served as Chief Justice of [[Meghalaya High Court]] at [[Shillong]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=810659 | title=Justice Pant Appointed CJ of Meghalaya High Court | work=Outlook | date=19 September 2013 | accessdate=6 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102929/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=810659 | archive-date=7 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="meghalaya.gov.in">{{cite web | url=http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/government/keycontact/14796 | title=Government of Meghalaya — Chief Justice | publisher=meghalaya.gov.in | accessdate=6 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409003451/http://meghalaya.gov.in:8080/megportal/government/keycontact/14796 | archive-date=9 April 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Prafulla Chandra Pant''' (born 30 August 1952) is an Indian retired judge and author 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>


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