Prashant Kumar

{{Short description|Former Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}

{{BLP one source|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Prashant Kumar

| office = Acting Chief Justice
of Jharkhand High Court

| termstart = 7 June 2019

| successor = Harish Chandra Mishra (acting)

| predecessor = Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (acting)

| appointer = Ram Nath Kovind

| office1 = Judge of Jharkhand High Court

| termstart1 = 10 May 2019

| termend1 = 6 June 2019

| appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind

| nominator1 = Ranjan Gogoi

| office2 = Judge of Allahabad High Court

| termstart2 = 19 May 2016

| termend2 = 9 May 2019

| nominator2 = T. S. Thakur

| appointer2 = Pranab Mukherjee

| office3 = Judge of Jharkhand High Court

| termstart3 = 21 January 2009

| termend3 = 18 May 2016

| appointer3 = Pratibha Patil

| nominator3 = K. G. Balakrishnan

| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Acting Chief Justice

| birth_date = 1 July 1958

| birth_place = Chapra, Bihar

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|8|30|1958|7|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Ranchi, Jharkhand

| termend = 30 August 2019

}}

Justice Prashant Kumar (1 July 1958 – 30 August 2019) was an Indian judge. He was the former Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.{{Cite news|url=https://www.barandbench.com|title=Justice Prashant Kumar appointed Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court|last=Emmanuel|first=Meera|date=4 June 2019|work=Bar & Bench|access-date=4 June 2019}} He was also former judge of Jharkhand High Court and Allahabad High Court.