Sitting Judge Of Patna High Court, Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay Passes Away

Sitting Judge of the Patna High Court, Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay passed away this morning at a private hospital in Chennai. Justice Upadhyay was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues and other ailments.

Justice Upadhyay was elevated as a Judge of the High Court in May 2017 and he was due to retire in December 2024

Justice Upadhyay was born on 4th December 1962. His father Late Vidya Dhar Upadhyay worked as Section Officer, at Patna High Court. He did LLB, LLM, P.hd. from Patna University and he worked as part-time lecturer faculty of law in Commerce College, Magadh University from 22 August, 1988 to 2010.

He worked as Part-time lecturer at Patna Law College from 1989 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2006 and also worked as Visiting Faculty in Chanakya National Law University from 2007 to May 2017.

He worked as Standing Counsel, at Patna High Court, Patna from December from 2010 to May 2017.

He was a Counsel for Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Samastipur from 2010 to 2016, Bihar Agriculture University, Sabbour, Bhagalpur from 2010 to April, 2017, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, Pusa from January, 2017 to May, 2017 and worked as Panel counsel for Dental Council of India from 2015 to May 2017.