Navniti Prasad Singh

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Navniti Prasad Singh (born 6 November 1955) is an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.

Career

Singh completed his schooling from Scindia School of Gwalior, graduated and passed Law from Delhi University.[ citation needed ] He was enrolled as Advocate on 2 July 1980 and started practice in Patna and Jharkhand High Court on Commercial, Taxation and Constitutional matters. In his lawyer career he appeared on behalf of the State Bank of India, Lalit Narayan Mithila University and other statutory authorities. Singh became a Senior Advocate in December 2004. [1] On 6 March 2006 he was appointed an additional Judge of Patna High Court. [2] Justice Singh was elevated in the post of the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on 20 March 2017. [3] He retired on 6 November 2017. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh" . Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Navniti Prasad Singh sworn in as Kerala HC Chief Justice". Hindustan Times. Indo Asian News Service. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Navniti Prasad Singh sworn-in as Kerala HC Chief Justice" . Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Former Judges". highcourtofkerala.nic.in. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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