What is Prafulla Chandra Pant?
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date = February 2023}} {{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]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|8|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Pithoragarh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[University of Allahabad]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])<br/>[[University of Lucknow]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) | predecessor2 = [[T. Meena Kumari]] | successor2 = [[Uma Nath Singh]] | children = 3 | spouse = {{marriage|Rashmi Pant|10 June 1979}} | occupation = {{hlist|Judge|author}} }} '''Prafulla Chandra Pant''' (born 30 August 1952) is an Indian judge and author. He is known for his career in the Indian courts and [[judiciary]]. He started his career as a civil judge (the lowest ranked judge). He got promoted through the ranks to become a judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] (the highest court of India). He worked in the Supreme Court from 2014 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bio Data of Justice Shri Prafulla Chandra Pant {{!}} National Human Rights Commission India|url=https://nhrc.nic.in/about-us/composition-of-commission/bio-data-justice-prafulla-chandra-pant|access-date=2023-02-26|website=nhrc.nic.in