| 1. P. V. Sanjay Kumar was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of India on 6 February 2023, previously serving as the Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. |
| 2. Sanjay Kumar grew up in a family of lawyers in Hyderabad, Telangana, with his father hailing from the Chittoor district. |
| 3. He enrolled at the Bar Council of undivided Andhra Pradesh in August 1988 after completing his law degree. |
| 4. Initially, Sanjay Kumar practiced law at his father’s office, gaining knowledge in various branches of Law, and later started his independent practice. |
| 5. From 2000 to 2003, he served as the government pleader at the Andhra Pradesh High Court, representing organizations like HPCL and IOC. |
| 6. On 8 August 2008, P. V. Sanjay Kumar became an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and was later promoted to a permanent judge. |
| 7. After the 2014 bifurcation, he began serving as a judge at the Telangana High Court and later at the Punjab and Haryana High Court. |
| 8. Sanjay Kumar became Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court on 12 February 2021 and was recommended as a Supreme Court judge in December 2022. |
| 9. He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on 6 February 2023 after approval from the center. |
| 10. Sanjay Kumar's parent High Court is Telangana, and he is the second judge from Hyderabad to be appointed to the Supreme Court after Justice P. Narasimha. |
| 11. He is known for promoting wildlife protection and has conducted workshops on Wildlife Crime Prevention. |
| 12. His father P. Ramachandra Reddy served as the Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh High Court from 1969 to 1982. |
| 13. Justice Kumar is known for recusing himself from cases where there may be even a remote connection to his family or personal interests, thereby reinforcing the importance of judicial impartiality. |
| 14. His jurisprudence is characterized by clarity, fairness, and a strong sense of justice, with landmark decisions in individual rights, family law, and administrative justice. |
