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Late Hon'ble Mr. Justice Prashant Kumar

Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi

Born on 01st July, 1958.Did schooling from Bisheshwar Seminary School,Chapra.  Passed B.Sc. from Uday Pratap Singh Degree College, Varanasi and obtained LL.B. degree from Harishchandra Law College, Varanasi. Enrolled as an Advocate on 01st October, 1980 with Bihar State Bar Council and practiced in Patna High Court, Patna and its Bench at Ranchi from 1980 to 1991 in Constitutional and Service Matters.  Appointed as A.D.J. on 06th May 1991 and promoted as District Judge on June, 2001.  
Elevated as Additional Judge of Jharkhand High Court,Ranchi  on 21st January,2009.

Transferred to Allahabad High Court on May 19, 2016.

On being transferred from Allahabad High Court, he took oath as Judge of the High Court of Jharkhand on 10th May, 2019.

Appointed as Hon'ble The Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand from 7th of June 2019 .

He passed away for his heavenly abode on 30.08.2019.