Justice Prakash Shrivastava was born on 31-03-1961.

A gold medallist in MA (Economics), Statistics and LLB, he was enrolled as an advocate on 02-02-1987. He had focused his practice in the field of Taxation, Civil and Constitutional Laws in the Supreme Court of India.

He was appointed as a Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 18-01-2008 and became Permanent Judge on 15-01-2010.

He was also appointed as the Commissioner for the Welfare of the Victims of Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster by the Central Government on 06-07-2015 and had continued to discharge this additional responsibility for about six years.

He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 11-10-2021 and had demitted the office of the Chief Justice on 30-03-2023.

Justice Prakash Shrivastava has been appointed as Chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on 21-08-2023.