S. B. Sinha Explained

Satya Brata Sinha
Office:Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Termstart:3 October 2002
Termend:8 August 2009
Appointer:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Office1:Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
Nominator1:Sam Piroj Bharucha
Appointer1:Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Termstart1:26 November 2001
Termend1:2 October 2002
Office2:Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
Termstart2:11 December 2000
Termend2:25 November 2001
Nominator2:Adarsh Sein Anand
Appointer2:Kocheril Raman Narayanan
Birth Date:8 August 1944
Birth Place:Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Death Place:New Delhi, India
Spouse:Utpala Sinha

Satya Brata Sinha (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019), known as S. B. Sinha was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Introduction

S. B. Sinha was born on 8 August 1944 at Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand, India. He passed his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Chota Nagpur Law College in 1967. Sinha joined the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to Ranchi upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the Patna High Court in 1976.

He was designated as senior advocate by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court and was elevated to the Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the Calcutta High Court on 11 May 1994. He served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.[1]

TDSAT Chairman

On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, Sinha was appointed the chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) succeeding Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.[2]

Death

Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in New Delhi.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha . https://web.archive.org/web/20100109163741/http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/sbsinha.htm . 9 January 2010 . Supreme Court of India. 2009.
  2. News: Justice S B Sinha joins TDSAT as Chairman . 21 January 2013 . Press Trust of India . Business Standard . 13 August 2018 .