Former Supreme Court judge Justice SB Sinha passed away. He was 74 years old.

Justice SB Sinha served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 2002 to 2009, after which he was appointed as Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (“TDSAT”).

He did his Bachelors in Law from Chota Nagpur Law College in 1967, following which he began his practice in the Dhanbad District Court in 1968. In 1976, he shifted his practice to Ranchi following the constitution of a Permanent Bench of the Patna High Court.

Subsequently, he was designated as Senior Advocate by the Patna High Court. He was elevated as a Judge of the Patna High Court on March 9, 1987 and transferred to the Calcutta High Court on May 11, 1994 where he eventually served as Acting Chief Justice.

He was made Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court on December 11, 2000 and later transferred as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on November 26, 2001. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on October 3, 2002.

Read the interview with Justice SB Sinha