Rakesh Ranjan Prasad

Rakesh Ranjan Prasad (July 1955 — 3 June 2018) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.

Career

Prasad was born in 1955 in Bihar.[citation needed] He graduated in Science and passed LL.B. from Patna Law College.[citation needed] Prasad was enrolled as an Advocate in Bihar State Bar Council in 1980 and started practice on Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters in the Patna High Court. On 6 May 1991 he joined Superior Judicial Service and was appointed Additional District Judge. He was promoted to District and Sessions Judge in 2001.[citation needed]

Prasad became Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court on 9 June 2001.[citation needed] On 9 February 2006 he was appointed a Judge of Jharkhand High Court thereafter transferred to Manipur High Court on 1 February 2016.[1] Justice Prasad also took charge of the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court after Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra.[2] On 22 September 2016 he became the permanent Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. Prasad retired on 30 June 2017 from the judgeship.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Press Information Bureau". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Rakesh Ranjan Prasad Sworn in as New Chief Justice of Manipur HC". Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Chief Justice of High Court of Manipur". Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  4. ^ "SC Collegium urged to take cognisance of comments against Jharkhand judge". The Indian Express. PTI. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.