S. B. Sinha

Satya Brata Sinha (8 August 1944 – 19 March 2019), known as S. B. Sinha was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Introduction
S. B. Sinha was born on 8 August 1944 at Dhanbad in the state of Jharkhand, India. He passed his matriculation examination from H.E. School, Dhanbad and received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Chota Nagpur Law College in 1967. Sinha joined the Dhanbad District Court in 1968 after which he shifted his practice to Ranchi upon constitution of the Permanent Bench of the Patna High Court in 1976.

He was designated as senior advocate by the Patna High Court. Subsequently, he was appointed the first Government Advocate of the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court and was elevated to the Patna High Court on 9 March 1987. He was transferred to the Calcutta High Court on 11 May 1994. He served as the Chief Justice of the High Courts of Calcutta, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 3 October 2002 and retired on 8 August 2009.

TDSAT Chairman
On 3 November 2009, after retirement from the Supreme Court, Sinha was appointed the chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) succeeding Arun Kumar who retired in September, 2009.

Death
Sinha died on 19 March 2019 at the age of 74 after brief illness in New Delhi.