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	'''Ranjit Singh Sarkaria''' (16 January 1916 – 12 October 2007) was an [[India]]n [[Supreme Court of India\|Supreme Court]] justice from 17 September 1973 until 15 January 1981.<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia">http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/rssarkaria.htm</ref>		'''Ranjit Singh Sarkaria''' (16 January 1916 – 12 October 2007) was an [[India]]n [[Supreme Court of India\|Supreme Court]] justice from 17 September 1973 until 15 January 1981.<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/rssarkaria.htm\|title=Home \| SUPREME COURT OF INDIA}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
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	== Death ==		== Death ==
	He died of a prolonged illness on Friday, 12 October 2007, in [[Chandigarh]], India at the age of 91.<ref name="The Hindu: Former SC judge Sarkaria dead">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015075226/http://hindu.com/2007/10/14/stories/2007101460741300.htm ]</ref><ref name="Times of India: PM condoles the death of Justice Sarkaria">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM_condoles_the_death_of_Justice_Sarkaria/articleshow/2456881.cms</ref>		He died of a prolonged illness on Friday, 12 October 2007, in [[Chandigarh]], India at the age of 91.<ref name="The Hindu: Former SC judge Sarkaria dead">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015075226/http://hindu.com/2007/10/14/stories/2007101460741300.htm ]</ref><ref name="Times of India: PM condoles the death of Justice Sarkaria">{{Cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM_condoles_the_death_of_Justice_Sarkaria/articleshow/2456881.cms\|title = PM condoles the death of Justice Sarkaria \| India News - Times of India}}</ref>

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'''Ranjit Singh Sarkaria''' (16 January 1916 – 12 October 2007) was an [[India]]n [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] justice from 17 September 1973 until 15 January 1981.<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia">http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/rssarkaria.htm</ref>

== Early life ==
Sarkaria was born on 16 January 1916. He attended [[Mohindra College]] in [[Patiala]] and later obtained an [[LL.B.]] from the [[Government College Lahore]], in what is now [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia"/>

== Career ==
Upon obtaining a law degree [[Shri]] Sarkaria worked in [[Patiala]] as a [[pleader]]. He later took a position as an advocate of the [[Patiala High Court]] in 1940. Sarkaria was one of two people on a committee created by the state government of the former [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] (Pepsu) whose role was to translate the new [[Constitution of India]] into the [[Punjabi language]].<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia"/>

Sarkaria served as a [[judge]] on the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] from 13 June 1967 until 26 September 1967. He also served as a [[puisne]] judge from 27 September 1967 to 15 September 1973.<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia"/>

Sarkaria was appointed to the [[Supreme Court of India]] on 17 September 1973. He served on the court until his retirement on 15 January 1981.<ref name="Justice RS Sarkaria's PROFILE at supremecourtofindia"/>

Following his retirement, Sarkaria was commissioned in 1983 by the government of Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] to study the relationships between the central and state governments of India. The committee became known as the [[Sarkaria Commission]], since it was headed by RS Sarkaria. The [[Sarkaria Commission]] submitted its findings in 1988.<ref name="The Hindu: Former SC judge Sarkaria dead"/>

Additionally, Sarkaria served as the former [[chairman]] of the [[Press Council of India]].<ref name="The Hindu: Former SC judge Sarkaria dead"/>

== Death ==
He died of a prolonged illness on Friday, 12 October 2007, in [[Chandigarh]], India at the age of 91.<ref name="The Hindu: Former SC judge Sarkaria dead">[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015075226/http://hindu.com/2007/10/14/stories/2007101460741300.htm ]</ref><ref name="Times of India: PM condoles the death of Justice Sarkaria">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PM_condoles_the_death_of_Justice_Sarkaria/articleshow/2456881.cms</ref>

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