Prasanth Kumar Mishra was born on 29 August 1964 in Raigarh,Chhattisgarh. He took B.Sc. and LLB Degrees from Guru Ghasidas University at Bilaspur,Chhattisgarh.
As advocate
He enrolled as an Advocate on 4 September 1987 and began his legal practice at the District Court of Raigarh. He then practised at High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur and High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur. He dealt with Civil,Criminal and Writ branches of law. In 2005,he was designated as a Senior Advocate by the High Court of Chhattisgarh.
He had been Chairperson of the Chhattisgarh State Bar Council for two years.[clarification needed] He was appointed Member of the Rule Making Committee of Chhattisgarh High Court. He was also an Ex-Officio Member in executive council of the Hidayatullah National Law University,Raipur and as well as Chancellor's nominee in executive council of Guru Ghasidas University,Bilaspur.
He has served as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Chhattisgarh from 26 June 2004. He served in this position for over 3 years until August 2007 and was appointed the Advocate General for the State on 1 September 2007.
As judge
He was elevated as a Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court on 10 December 2009. He was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court twice,Firstly on the resignation of the then Chief Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi on 26 March 2019[6] and second time in June 2021[7] and later that year on 11 October,he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and assumed office 2 days later.[8]
On 16 May 2023,the Supreme Court Collegium recommended his appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of India. In its recommendation the SC focused on equal representation of different High Courts and factored in the under-representation of Chhattisgarh High Court (Justice Mishra's parent high court) in his recommendation.[9][10]
The Collegium superseded Justice Pritinker Diwaker who is 3 years senior to Justice Mishra and hails from the Chhattisgarh High Court as well. The Collegium explained that having considered ‘all factors’it found Justice Mishra ‘worthy of appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court’.
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