Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay, sitting judge of the Patna High Court, passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital in Chennai.
The 60-year-old breathed his last this morning. He was undergoing treatment for kidney disease and other related ailments.
Justice Upadhyay was elevated as a Judge of the High Court in May, 2017 and was due to retire on December 3, 2024.
He was born on December 4, 1962. His father, late Vidya Dhar Upadhyay, worked as Section Officer at the Patna High Court.
Justice Upadhyay finished his LLB, LLM and P.hd. from Patna University and worked as part-time lecturer, Faculty of Law in Commerce College, Magadh University from August 22, 1988 to 2010.
He later served as part-time lecturer at Patna Law College from 1989 to 1996 and from 2004 to 2006. He was also a Visiting Faculty in Chanakya National Law University from 2007 to May, 2017.
He worked as Standing Counsel at Patna High Court from December, 2010 to May 2017.
Justice Upadhyay served as Counsel for Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Samastipur from 2010 to 2016 and for Bihar Agriculture University, Sabbour, Bhagalpur from 2010 to April, 2017.
He also served as Counsel for 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.