S. B. Sinha

Satya Brata Sinha
5th Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
In office
3 November 2009 – 2 November 2012
Appointed byPratibha Patil
Preceded byArun Kumar
Succeeded byAftab Alam
Judge of Supreme Court of India
In office
3 October 2002 – 8 August 2009
Nominated byBhupinder Nath Kirpal
Appointed byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
21st Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
In office
26 November 2001 – 2 October 2002
Nominated bySam Piroj Bharucha
Appointed byK. R. Narayanan
Preceded byArijit Pasayat
Succeeded byBabulal Chandulal Patel
27th Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
11 December 2000 – 25 November 2001
Nominated byAdarsh Sein Anand
Appointed byK. R. Narayanan
Preceded byM. S. Liberhan
Succeeded byA. R. Lakshmanan
Judge of Calcutta High Court
In office
11 May 1994 – 10 December 2000
Nominated byM. N. Venkatachaliah
Appointed byShankar Dayal Sharma
Judge of Patna High Court
In office
9 March 1987 – 10 May 1994
Nominated byR. S. Pathak
Appointed byZail Singh
Personal details
Born(1944-08-08)8 August 1944
Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Died19 March 2019(2019-03-19) (aged 74)
SpouseUtpala Sinha

Satya Brata Sinha (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019), known as S. B. Sinha, was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Introduction

S. B. Sinha was born in Kayastha on 8 August 1944 at Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand, India. He passed his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Chotanagpur Law College in 1967. Sinha joined the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to Ranchi upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the Patna High Court in 1976.

He was designated as senior advocate by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court and was elevated to the Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the Calcutta High Court on 11 May 1994. He served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.[1]

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.[2]

TDSAT Chairman

On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, Sinha was appointed the chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) succeeding Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.[3]

Death

Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in New Delhi.

References

  1. ^ "High Court for the State of Telangana". tshc.gov.in. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha". Supreme Court of India. 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010.
  3. ^ Press Trust of India (21 January 2013). "Justice S B Sinha joins TDSAT as Chairman". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 August 2018.