1948年7月19日，阿尔塔马斯·卡比尔出生于孟加拉的加尔各答，他来自一个柬埔寨穆斯林家庭。他的父亲，杰汉吉尔·卡比尔在西孟加拉邦是一个著名的国会政治家和工会领袖。他于1973年开始了他的律师事业。在那之后，1990年8月6日，他当选为加尔各答高等法院的一名永久法官，之后被任命为贾坎德邦高等法院的首席法官。2005年9月9日，他被任命为印度最高法院的一名法官。最后，于2012年9月29日，他被任命为印度首席大法官，并一直任职直到退休。

Early Life and Education

Justice Kabir born in Calcutta in 1948. For the early education, he attended the Calcutta Boys School, and then the Mount Hermon School, Darjeepng. A teacher at Calcutta Boys School encouraged him to pursue a profession in law after reading one of his argumentative pieces on societal concerns and their remedies. He studied law at the University of Calcutta in Kolkata after earning a degree in history from Presidency College. After completing the law degree, he registered as an advocate in 1973 and worked on the civil and criminal sides of the District Court and the Calcutta High Court.

Career

Justice Altamas Kabir began his legal career during the following time period −

Kabir practiced civil and criminal law in Kolkata at the district court and the Calcutta High Court after earning his M.A. and LL.B. from the University of Calcutta in 1973. On August 6, 1990, he was appointed a Calcutta High Court permanent judge.

On January 11, 2005, Kabir was appointed to the position of acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. The Calcutta High Court, the City Civil Court, and other courts in Kolkata are all said to have been computerized thanks to Kabir.

2005年1月3日，他被任命为贾坎德邦高等法院临时首席法官；2005年3月1日，该任命正式生效。2005年9月9日，他被任命为印度最高法院大法官。2012年9月29日，他被任命为印度第39任首席法官。2013年7月18日，他从首席法官职务上退休，任职时间略超过九个月。

他担任过西孟加拉国家司法科学大学的校长、古吉拉特国立法学院的理事长，以及印度国家法学院的访问者，在他担任首席大法官期间。

2010年1月14日，他被任命为全国法律服务机构（NALSA）执行主席。在他的主席任期内，NALSA采取为跨性别人提供法律服务的新举措，并采用了全国行动计划，由所有国家法律服务机构执行。

Allegations

When Kabir was CJI in 2013, his sister Shukla Kabir Sinha (who was a practicing lawyer and later became judge of the Calcutta High Court) and Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya of the Gujarat High Court were involved in a dispute. Bhattacharya stated in a letter to the president, the prime minister, and CJI Kabir that Kabir had prevented Bhattacharya from being elevated to the Supreme Court in his capacity as chief judge and head of the Supreme Court collegium. As a member of the Calcutta High Court s collegium in 2010, Bhattacharya said that the cause was his disagreement to the nomination of Shukla Kabir Sinha to the bench of that court.

Notable Judgements

The notable judgments are −

The Domestic Violence Act of 2005 was expanded by Justice Kabir in Sandhya Manoj Wankhade v. Manoj Bhimrao Wankhade to cover assault by female relatives. The Act did not specifically recognize women as domestic violence perpetrators.

Prashant Bhushan said that at least sixteen Chief Justices of the Supreme Court were corrupt in an interview with Tehelka magazine in 2009. Justice Kabir declared that Bhushan s words at least appeared to amount to contempt of court and he was put under investigation. The Supreme Court is presently depberating the matter.

卡比尔法官还参与了一个涉及声名狼藉的以色列轰炸案件的被告。这个非法拘留的被告还没有被警方起诉。卡比尔法官批评下级法院的程序错误，并授予被告法定保释。

FAQs

谁任命了阿尔塔马斯·卡比尔为印度首席大法官？

Ans. Former President Pranab Mukerjee was the one who appointed Altamas Kabir as the Chief Justice of India.

Q2. Before being appointed as judge, in which court was Justice Altamas Kabir practicing law?

Ans. Before being appointed as judge, justice Altamas Kabir was practicing law at District and High Court of Calcutta.