Kuldip Singh (judge)

{{Short description|Indian judge (1932–2024)}}

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|name = Kuldip Singh

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|office = Judge of the Supreme Court of India

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|term_start = 14 December 1988

|term_end = 21 December 1996

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|01|01}}

|birth_place = Jhelum, Punjab Province, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|11|25|1932|01|01}}

|death_place = Chandigarh, India

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|alma_mater = Punjab University
University College London
Lincoln's Inn

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Kuldip Singh (1 January 1932 – 25 November 2024) was an Indian attorney and a judge of the Supreme Court of India. Following his retirement from the Supreme Court, he headed the Delimitation Commission of 2002 that was tasked with redrawing the boundaries of the various assemblies and Lok Sabha constituencies based on the 2001 census.{{Cite web|author=Pathak, Japan K.|title=Sharing the final delimitation order of Gujarat, and its background|newspaper=DeshGujarat|date=12 August 2012|url=http://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}}

Singh received his education from Col. Brown Cambridge School, followed by his first law degree from 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.{{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}}

Singh was appointed to the Supreme Court on 14 December 1988 and retired on 21 December 1996.

Singh died on 25 November 2024, at the age of 92.{{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}}