Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

Some Lesser Known Facts About Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra

• Prashant Kumar Mishra is an Indian judge. He served as the 3rd Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh from 13 October 2021 to May 2023. On 16 May 2023, his name was recommended by the Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI Dr D.Y. Chandrachud and consisting of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, and Sanjiv Khanna, for elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court of India. On 19 May 2023, he was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge. ^[3]The Hindu

• He grew up in a middle-class family in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.

• He enrolled as an advocate on 4 September 1987 and began practising law at the District Court in Raigarh, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur, and the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur.

• He has represented his clients in cases of diverse branches of law including civil, criminal, and writ.

• On 26 June 2004, Prashant Kumar Mishra was appointed as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Chhattisgarh. He served in the position till 31 August 2007 and was later appointed as the Advocate General of Chhattisgarh.

• In January 2005, Prashant Kumar Mishra was elevated as a senior advocate by the High Court of Chhattisgarh.

• He has served as the Chairman of the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council for 2BD years.

• Subsequently, Justice Mishra was co-opted as a member of the Rule-Making Committee of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

• Justice Mishra was also a Chancellor nominee in the Executive Council of Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur.

• He has also served as an ex-officio member of the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

  

• Prashant Kumar Mishra was appointed as a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court on 10 December 2009.

• On 1 June 2021, he was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh, a position he served till 11 October 2021.

• Justice Mishra was appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 13 October 2021, becoming the third Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh after bifurcation. Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan administered him the oath of office at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.

  

• According to section 6 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, Justice Mishra also served as the Patron-in-Chief of the Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority.

  

• On 19 May 2023, he became the first judge from Chhattisgarh to be elevated to a Supreme Court Judge.

• Apparently, Allahabad Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker, also hailing from Chhattisgarh High Court, was senior to Justice Mishra. However, Supreme Court Collegium found Mishra more worthy.

• Chhattisgarh High Court is Justice Prashant’s parent court.

• In May 2023, KL Deemed to be University invited Justice Mishra at an event, where he was felicitated by the university chancellor  Koneru Satyanarayana.

  

• He was ranked 21 on the 2023 list of All-India High Court judges.

• He is a very religious person and often visits various temples with his family members.