P. V. Sanjay Kumar

Some Lesser Known Facts About P. V. Sanjay Kumar

• P. V. Sanjay Kumar is an Indian jurist, who was appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court of India on 6 February 2023. Formerly, he was serving as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

• Sanjay Kumar grew up in a family of lawyers in Hyderabad, Telangana.

• His father hailed from the Chittoor district.

• After pursuing a degree in law, Sanjay Kumar enrolled at the Bar Council of undivided Andhra Pradesh in August 1988. Initially, he practised as a lawyer at his father’s office and gained knowledge of various branches of Law.

  

• Post the retirement of his father, Sanjay Kumar started practising independently.

• Kumar served as the government pleader at the Andhra Pradesh High Court from 2000 to 2003.

• His clientele included several prominent organisations like Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Special Officer, Urban Land Ceilings, and High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Subordinate Judiciary.

• On 8 August 2008, P. V. Sanjay Kumar was appointed as an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

• After a year and a half, he was promoted to the permanent judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

• After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (remaining) in 2014, Sanjay Kumar began serving as a judge of the Telangana High Court.

  

• In October 2019, he was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, where he served as a permanent judge.

• On 12 February 2021, P. V. Sanjay Kumar was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. He assumed office on 14 February 2021.

  

• On 13 December 2022, Sanjay’s name was recommended for the post of Supreme Court judge by the Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. After approval from the centre, he was appointed as a judge of the apex court on 6 February 2023.

  

• Sanjay Kumar’s parent High Court is Telangana.

• According to some sources, Sanjay Kumar is the second judge from Hyderabad, Telangana, to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. The first judge was Justice P. Narasimha.

• A promoter of wildlife protection, Kumar has addressed various workshops on Wildlife Crime Prevention.