Justice Kamal Kumar acquired his Bachelor of Law from Queensland University of Technology, Australia in 1999. That same year, he was admitted as a barrister to the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Queensland. From 2000 to May 2013, he was a lawyer at Young & Associates, Solicitors, Lautoka, Fiji. He became a judge in the High Court of Fiji (Civil Division) from May 2013 to 7 April 2019. He has been serving as Acting Chief Justice since 8 April 2019.