Former Supreme court Judge and First Judge from Jharkhand to be elevated as a Chief Justice of any High Court in the country passed away. Admin Fri, May 07, 2021, at ,02:49 PM Former Supreme Court Judge Justice MY Eqbal passed away on Friday morning in New Delhi. He was 70. Eqbal was a judge of the Supreme Court from December 2012 and he retired in February 2016. He was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court appointed in June 2010, At The 70-year-old Eqbal was also appointed judge of the Patna high court in 1996 and moved to the Jharkhand high court in November 2000.Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana condoled the passing away of former Supreme Court judge M Y Eqbal before commencing the day's judicial proceedings