Aftab Alam (judge)
{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1948)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Aftab Alam
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|04|19}}
| office2 = Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court
| termend2 = 10 November 2007
| termstart2 = 7 June 2007
| office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India
| termstart = 12 November 2007
| termend = 18 April 2013
| birth_name = Syed Aftab Alam
| birth_place = Kunda, Sheikhpura district, Bihar, India
}}
Aftab Alam (born 19 April 1948) is an Indian judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Early life
Alam was born in 1948 in Sheikhpura district, Bihar.{{Cite web|title=Assets of Aftab Alam|url=https://main.sci.gov.in/pdf/ASSETS/aa.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219131543/https://main.sci.gov.in/pdf/ASSETS/aa.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=salman_jobs|title=Bihar's bad roads irk a Supreme Court judge|url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/bihars-bad-roads-irk-supreme-court-judge-30799/|access-date=2021-12-19|website=The Siasat Daily – Archive|date=24 August 2009 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Krishnan|first=Murali|title=Supreme Court bids farewell to Justice Aftab Alam; SLPs major problem affecting the Supreme Court says Justice Alam|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/supreme-court-bids-farewell-justice-aftab-alam-slps-major-problem-affecting-supreme|access-date=2021-12-19|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news|date=18 April 2013 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=BBIS|date=2021-11-16|title=Sold the land of a relative of a retired Supreme Court judge, fraudsters played a big game in Sheikhpura, Bihar|url=https://www.theindiaprint.com/bihar-news-english/sold-the-land-of-a-relative-of-a-retired-supreme-court-judge-fraudsters-played-a-big-game-in-sheikhpura-bihar-130632|access-date=2021-12-19|website=THE INDIA PRINT|language=en}} He studied in Patna Collegiate School.
Career
After passing Law he was enrolled as an Advocate and practiced on Criminal, labour and Constitutional matters at the Patna High Court. Alam was designated a Senior Advocate at the age of 36. He became Additional Standing Counsel of the Government of India in the High Court on 7 September 1981 and served up to 6 September 1985. On 27 July 1990, Alam was elevated as a permanent Judge of the Patna High Court. He was transferred to Jammu and Kashmir High Court as acting chief justice 6 June 2007.{{Cite web|last=TwoCircles.net|date=2007-11-13|title=Justice Aftab Alam is appointed judge of the Supreme Court|url=http://twocircles.net/2007nov12/justice_aftab_alam_appointed_judge_supreme_court.html|access-date=2021-12-19|website=TwoCircles.net|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Former Judges of JK Highcourt|url=http://jkhighcourt.nic.in/formerJudges.php|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-19|website=jkhighcourt.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720200400/http://jkhighcourt.nic.in:80/formerJudges.php |archive-date=20 July 2017 }}
On 12 November 2007, he became the justice of the Supreme Court of India. After the retirement on 18 April 2013, Alam was appointed in the post of Chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Justice-Aftab-Alam-likely-to-be-new-TDSAT-chairman/article20620341.ece|title=Justice Aftab Alam likely to be new TDSAT chairman|date=2 June 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=28 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tdsat.gov.in/writereaddata/Delhi/docs/organize_auth1.php|title=FORMER CHAIRPERSON, TDSAT|website=tdsat.gov.in|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=18 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161009/http://www.tdsat.gov.in/writereaddata/Delhi/docs/organize_auth1.php|url-status=dead}} Besides his legal career, he is an eminent scholar of classical Urdu having knowledge in Persian Poetry and Sufism.{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/141_aftabalam.htm|title=Former Judges|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210171152/http://164.100.107.37/judges/bio/141_aftabalam.htm|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Category:Judges of the Patna High Court
Category:Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Category:Chief justices of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court