Justice Kuldeep Singh was appointed to the Supreme Court on December 14, 1988, and retired on December 21, 1996. For an extended period, he led the bench that oversaw the MC Mehta case, issuing several rulings to address air pollution in Delhi. The bench also passed orders to safeguard the Taj Mahal from industrial pollution and imposed restrictions on activities within the Taj Trapezium zone.
NEW DELHI: Justice Kuldeep Singh, a former Supreme Court judge, passed away in Chandigarh on Monday evening at the age of 92 after a brief illness. Known as the “green judge” for his pioneering contributions to environmental law, his family announced that his cremation would take place at 3 pm on Tuesday at the Sector 25 crematorium in Chandigarh.
Born on January 1, 1932, in Jhelum (now in Pakistan), he graduated in law and began practicing as an advocate at the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1959. He served as the Advocate General of Punjab from May to August 1987.
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Justice Kuldeep Singh was appointed to the Supreme Court on December 14, 1988, and retired on December 21, 1996. For an extended period, he led the bench that oversaw the MC Mehta case, issuing several rulings to address air pollution in Delhi. The bench also passed orders to safeguard the Taj Mahal from industrial pollution and imposed restrictions on activities within the Taj Trapezium zone.
After retiring, he led the 2002 delimitation panel to readjust constituencies for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, and in 2012, he chaired a tribunal to investigate land grab cases in Punjab.
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