Prabha Shankar Mishra Explained

Prabha Shankar Mishra
Office:Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Term Start:1997
Term End:1998
Predecessor:V. N. Khare
Successor:Ashok Kumar Mathur
Office1:Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
Term Start1:1995
Term End1:1997
Predecessor1:Saiyed Sagir Ahmed
Successor1:Umesh Chandra Banerjee
Office2:Judge of Madras High Court
Term Start2:1990
Term End2:1995
Office3:Judge of Patna High Court
Term Start3:1982
Term End3:1990
Alma Mater:Patna University
Death Date:1 July 2012
Birth Date:6 August 1936

Prabha Shankar Mishra (6 August 1936 – 1 July 2012) or P.S. Mishra was an Indian Judge and the Chief Justice of Calcutta and Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Career

Mishra passed M.Sc. and LL.B. from Patna University and got the enrollment in 1960.[1] He started practice in the Patna High Court and in 1982 he was appointed a Judge of the Patna High Court. Justice Mishra was transferred to the Madras High Court in 1990, thereafter appointed the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 1995. in 1997 he became the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. A few weeks before retirement, Justice Mishra submitted his resignation on 5 July 1998 in protest of appointments to the Supreme Court. He criticised the way judges were appointed to highest court of India.[2] After the resignation he started practice in the Supreme Court of India as a senior advocate.[3] He died in 2012 at the age of 76.

Notes and References

  1. News: Prabha Shanker Mishra dead. 1 July 2012. The Hindu. 7 June 2019.
  2. Web site: World: South Asia, Indian judge resigns. news.bbc.co.uk. 16 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Ex-Chief Justice P.S. Mishra is Dead. 16 October 2018.