Choor Singh
Judge
1911 – 2009
Who was Choor Singh?
Choor Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Choor Singh, was a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore and, particularly after his retirement from the bench, a philanthropist and writer of books about Sikhism. Born to a family of modest means in Punjab, India, he came to Singapore at four years of age. He completed his secondary education in the top class at Raffles Institution in 1929, then worked as a clerk in a law firm before becoming a civil servant in the Official Assignee's office.
Encouraged by the Assistant Official Assignee, James Walter Davy Ambrose, to study law, Choor Singh enrolled as an external student at the University of London, passing the matriculation examination and intermediate LL.B. examination. In 1948 he was appointed a coroner, and the following year was elevated to the post of magistrate, becoming the first Indian to hold such a position in colonial Malaya. Following law studies at Gray's Inn on a government scholarship, he became a Barrister-at-Law in 1955. He was appointed a district judge in 1960 and a judge of the Supreme Court in 1963.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1911
Punjab, India - Religion
- Sikhism
- Nationality
- Singapore
- Education
- Raffles Institution
- University of London
- Died
- Mar 31, 2009
Singapore
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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