https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kuldip_Singh_%28judge%29Kuldip Singh (judge) - Revision history2026-11-07T08:05:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kuldip_Singh_(judge)&diff=511025&oldid=prevAdvsunilnshah: Started the bio v12026-04-23T17:30:19Z<p>Started the bio v1</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian judge (1932–2024)}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kuldip Singh<br />
| image =<br />
| office = Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]<br />
| nominator = <br />
| term_start = 14 December 1988<br />
| term_end = 21 December 1996<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| office1 = Chairperson of [[Delimitation Commission of India]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 July 2002<br />
| term_end1 = 2003<br />
| nominator1 = <br />
| appointer1 = [[Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[J. L. Kapur]] (1973)<br />
| successor1 = [[Ranjana Prakash Desai]] (2020)<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|01|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jhelum]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]] (now [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], Pakistan)<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|11|25|1932|01|01}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]], India<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| alma_mater = [[Punjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]] <br> [[University College London]] <br> [[Lincoln's Inn]]<br />
| signature = <br />
| country = {{flag|India}}<br />
| awards = <br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Kuldip Singh''' (1 January 1932 – 25 November 2024) was an Indian attorney and judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, he headed the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission of 2002]] that was tasked with [[Electoral boundary delimitation|redrawing the boundaries]] of the various state [[Legislative assembly|assemblies]] and [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies based on the [[2001 Census of India|2001 census]].<ref name="Pathak">{{Cite web|author=Pathak, Japan K.|title=Sharing the final delimitation order of Gujarat, and its background|newspaper=DeshGujarat|date=12 August 2012|url=https://deshgujarat.com/2012/08/11/sharing-the-final-delimitation-order-of-gujarat-and-its-background/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813183253/http://deshgujarat.com/2012/08/11/sharing-the-final-delimitation-order-of-gujarat-and-its-background|archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
<br />
Singh received his education from Col. Brown Cambridge School, followed by his first law degree from [[University of the Punjab|Punjab University]] in 1955 and a second one from the [[University of London]] in 1958. He served as a barrister-at-law at [[Lincoln's Inn]] in London before returning to India in 1959.<ref name="Official-bio">{{Cite web|title=Former Judges: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh|publisher=Supreme Court of India|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/66_ksingh.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414235106/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/66_ksingh.htm|archive-date=14 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
<br />
Singh was appointed to the Supreme Court on 14 December 1988 and retired on 21 December 1996.<ref name="Official-bio" /><br />
<br />
Singh died on 25 November 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Surender |title=Former Supreme Court 'green judge' Kuldip Singh passes away |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/former-supreme-court-green-judge-kuldip-singh-passes-away-101732603643949-amp.html |access-date=26 November 2024 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=26 November 2024}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==Further reading==<br />
* {{Cite news|author=Kang, Bhavdeep and Haryana|title=More Than A Green Judge|date=22 January 1997|newspaper=Outlook India (magazine)|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?202888|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026084611/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?202888|archive-date=26 October 2010 |url-status=live}}<br />
* {{Cite web|title=Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Kuldip Singh in Chandigarh' given deadline to Punjab government in land matter|publisher=Bol Punjabi|date=5 September 2012|url=http://www.bparco.com/news/punjab-haryana-high-court-justice-kuldip-singh-chandigarh%E2%80%99-deadline-punjab-government-land-matter/|access-date=30 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116165021/http://www.bparco.com/news/punjab-haryana-high-court-justice-kuldip-singh-chandigarh%E2%80%99-deadline-punjab-government-land-matter/ |archive-date=16 November 2013|url-status=dead}}<br />
{{Clear}}<br />
<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Kuldip}}<br />
[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
[[Category:2024 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian judges]]<br />
[[Category:Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court]]<br />
[[Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of India]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of the UCL Faculty of Laws]]<br />
[[Category:People from Jhelum]]<br />
<br />
{{India-law-bio-stub}}</div>Advsunilnshah