Justice Kuldip Singh Dies at 92: How India’s ‘Green Judge’ Protected Environment Through Landmark Verdicts
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Justice Kuldip Singh Dies at 92: How India’s ‘Green Judge’ Protected Environment Through Landmark Verdicts

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Published : Nov 29, 2024 19:51 IST - 5 MINS READ Justice Kuldip Singh, who passed away on November 25 at the age of 92, was a colossus of environmental litigation. Direct appointment to Supreme Court Additional Solicitor General Kuldip Singh directly became Justice Kuldip Singh of the Supreme Court. In his eight years on the Supreme Court bench, Justice Singh, in addition to his major judgments on environmental law, was also a full participant in several Constitution Bench judgments, including S.R. In this case, as well as in the Calcutta Tanneries case, Justice Singh applied the “polluter pays” principle, establishing strong precedents and earning the moniker “Green Judge”. Paramjit Singh Patwalia became a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court but resigned to return to practising law and later became an Additional Solicitor General of India.

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