Altamas Kabir
Matters on record
13992
Supreme Court judgments
Practice areas tagged
1
of 13992 matters · 0% coverage
Advocates appearing
10
distinct counsel before this judge
Court Jurisdiction & Judicial Tenure
First Recorded Decision6 Jan 2005Earliest matter logged on bench
Latest Recorded Decision10 Sept 2021Most recent reported judgment
Constitutional Bench StatusJudgeSupreme Court of India
Tenure Role Distribution (Time Spent in Each Role)
Advocate · 17 yrs
HC Judge · 15y 8m
SC Judge
CJI
Advocate (Bar)
17 yrs35%
Bar Council of IndiaHigh Court Judge
15y 8m32%
in the Calcutta High CourtSupreme Court Judge
7y 10m16%
Supreme Court of IndiaChief Justice of India
7y 10m16%
Supreme Court of IndiaCareer Progression & Elevation Journey
Advocate (Bar)Bar Council of India
Jan 1973 — Jan 1990Enrolled as an Advocate / Commenced legal practice (1973)
High Court Judgein the Calcutta High Court
Jan 1990 — Sept 2005Appointed Judge of in the Calcutta High Court
Supreme Court JudgeSupreme Court of India
Sept 2005 — Jul 2013Elevated as Judge, Supreme Court of India
Chief Justice of IndiaSupreme Court of India
Sept 2005 — Jul 2013Chief Justice of India
* Judicial lifecycle timeline facts sourced from official Supreme Court of India Gazette records and signed court coram logs.
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Three Judge Matter1
Advocates appearing
Advocates who argued most often in matters before this judge — a factual tally, not a ranking.
Kailash Chand351 matters
Rameshwar Prasad Goyal317 matters
V. N. Raghupathy219 matters
T. Mahipal187 matters
Jatinder Kumar Bhatia169 matters
Rakesh Uttamchandra Upadhyay159 matters
Shivaji M. Jadhav156 matters
Kamal Mohan Gupta152 matters
Asha Gopalan Nair149 matters
Gopal Singh147 matters
Bench colleagues
Judges this judge has most often shared a bench with.
Cyriac Joseph1669 matters
B.P. Singh1351 matters
Jasti Chelameswar1137 matters
Vikramajit Sen478 matters
Markandey Katju452 matters
A.K. Patnaik443 matters
Anil R. Dave376 matters
Ashok Bhan373 matters
C.K. Thakker355 matters
G.S. Singhvi306 matters