Born connected January 1, 1932, successful Jhelum, present successful Pakistan, Justice Singh pursued instrumentality and began practising astatine the Punjab and Haryana High Court successful 1959. (X)
Justice Kuldip Singh, 92, a erstwhile Supreme Court justice and a stalwart successful biology law, passed distant connected Monday evening successful Chandigarh. His cremation volition instrumentality spot connected Tuesday astatine 3 p.m. astatine the Sector 25 crematorium, according to his family.
Born connected January 1, 1932, successful Jhelum, present successful Pakistan, Justice Singh pursued instrumentality and began practising astatine the Punjab and Haryana High Court successful 1959. Over his illustrious career, helium served arsenic Punjab’s Advocate General successful 1987 and was aboriginal appointed Additional Solicitor-General of India. He joined the Supreme Court connected December 14, 1988, and retired connected December 21, 1996.
Justice Singh, a barrister-at-law from Lincoln’s Inn, earned designation for transforming nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) into a instrumentality for societal betterment during his tenure astatine the apex court. He was not lone instrumental successful delivering impactful judgments but besides ensured their enforcement, mounting a precedent for judicial accountability. His committedness to judicial activism and his enactment connected biology extortion earned him the moniker “Green Judge,” cementing his bequest arsenic a champion of justness beyond the courtroom.