judgement that was later set aside, a bench headed by Kabir quashed the National Eligibility and Entrance Test for admissions to medical colleges in India. The judgement was set aside by a constitution bench of the Supreme Court. In July 2013, the Supreme Court collegium stalled Kabir's move to appoint a Supreme Court justice just before his retirement, because a warrant of appointment designating Justice P. Sathasivam as the next chief justice had already been signed, and Kabir's move would have been unprecedented and improper. In 2016, former Chief Minister and Arunachal Pradesh politician Kalikho Pul claimed, in a suicide note, that Kabir had passed wrong judgements regarding the public distribution system (PDS) scam in the state. References External links Profile at Supreme Court of India's official website 1948 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Bengalis 20th-century Indian judges 20th-century Indian lawyers 21st-century Bengalis 21st-century Indian lawyers 21st-century Indian judges Bengali Muslims Chief Justices of the Calcutta High Court Chief justices of India Chief Justices of the Jharkhand High Court Indian Shia Muslims Judges of the Calcutta High Court Justices of the Supreme Court of India Scholars from Kolkata University of Calcutta alumni