Sanjaya Kumar Mishra
Sanjaya Kumar Mishra is an Indian former judge, who served as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. He was a judge of Uttarakhand High Court. He previously served as Acting Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court and judge of Orissa High Court.
Education and career
Born in Bolangir town of Odisha, Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra started schooling at Tikra Upper Primary School. He passed the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination from Prithviraj High School, Bolangir in 1977. He completed B.Com. from Rajendra College, Bolangir in 1982 and M.Com. from Delhi University in 1984.He got LL.B. degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi in 1987. From March, 1988, he joined profession and started practice in Bolangir District Courts under the guidance of his father, Shri Markanda Mishra. For some time, he acted as Honorary Law Lecturer of Bolangir Law College.