Altamas Kabir

Altamas Kabir
Altamas Kabir
	Official portrait, September 2005.
39th Chief Justice of India
	In office; 29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	S. H. Kapadia
Succeeded by	P. Sathasivam
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
	In office; 9 September 2005 – 18 July 2013
Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
	In office; 1 March 2005 – 8 September 2005
Preceded by	P. K. Balasubramanyan
Succeeded by	N. Dhinakar
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
	In office; 6 August 1990 – 28 February 2004
Personal details
Born	19 July 1948; Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, Dominion of India (present-day India)
Died	19 February 2017 (aged 68); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Altamas Kabir (19 July 1948 – 19 February 2017) was an Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 39th Chief Justice of India.^[1]

^ "Justice Altamas Kabir takes oath as CJI". Zee News. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

Altamas Kabir
Official portrait, September 2005.

39th Chief Justice of India
In office 29 September 2012 – 18 July 2013
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by	S. H. Kapadia
Succeeded by	P. Sathasivam
Judge of the Supreme Court of India
In office 9 September 2005 – 18 July 2013
Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court
In office 1 March 2005 – 8 September 2005
Preceded by	P. K. Balasubramanyan
Succeeded by	N. Dhinakar
Judge of the Calcutta High Court
In office 6 August 1990 – 28 February 2004

Personal details
Born	(1948-07-19)19 July 1948 Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, Dominion of India (present-day India)
Died	19 February 2017(2017-02-19) (aged 68) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	University of Calcutta, Kolkata