Hon’ble Mr. Justice Prafulla C. Pant:- Born on 30^th of August 1952 in district Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand, he got his primary and secondary education from there.  After doing B.Sc. and   LL.B from Allahabad and Lucknow respectively, he joined the Bar at Allahabad in 1973 and entered in U.P. Judicial Service in 1976.  He held different posts in judicial service at Ghaziabad, Pilibhit, Ranikhet, Bereilly and Meerut and thereafter got promoted to Higher Judicial Service,  in 1990 and joined his duties as Additional District Judge in district Bahraich of U.P.  He also worked as Joint Registrar in High Court of Allahabad.  He has written books on subjects of law including on ‘Marriage, Divorce and Other Matrimonial Disputes’.  His commentary in Hindi on ‘Code of Civil Procedure’ won first prize for the year 2000, from Govt. of India.  Also, he authored ‘Sunder Nirnay Kaise Likhain’ (How to write good judgments) meant for new entrants in judicial services. After creation of state of Uttarakhand he was the first Secretary, Judicial, of the state.  He also held the post of District and Sessions Judge at Nainital before being posted as Registrar General of High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital.  Took oath of office of Additional Judge of the High Court of Uttarakhand on 29^th June 2004 and as Judge of High Court of Uttarakhand on 19/02/2008.