Knighthood For Uk's First Sikh Judge

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Knighthood for UK's first Sikh judge

Prasun Sonwalkar

London, Dec 31 (PTI) Mota Singh, who is the UK's first Sikh and Asian judge, has been knighted by the British Queen.

London-based Singh, who is also a Queen's Counsel, has been knighted in the Queen's New Year Honours List for "services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector".

His decision to wear a white turban in court, instead of a wig, came to be seen as a sign of a multicultural Britain.

A Ramgarhia Sikh, Mota Singh was raised and educated in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1954, he shifted to England to complete the remaining part of his studies of Law. He joined the English bar in 1967.

Within months, he developed a successful practice in civil law.

source : http://www.ptinews.com/news/447632_Knighthood-for-UK-s-first-Sikh-judge

[m16]

what outstanding news.

[buddasingh]

what outstanding news.

yes ---with the exception of the indian press deciding to identify him as a caste-sikh <_< . shame on all of us for insulting our guruji's and carrying on caste pride to the extent we do. Ideally it would be such that other communities would consider a caste identity of a sikh as insulting, but here we are shouting them from the rooftops ourselves.

thanks for the link, it is outstanding news otherwise.