CHANDIGARH – The might of the lion is all set to be recognised again. Dubbed as “lion” in the Supreme Court because of his characteristic “roar”, Justice Kuldip Singh is to be honoured with “lifetime achievement award” by Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari.
Legal luminary HL Sibal and Haryana Advocate-General Hawa Singh Hooda too will share the dais with him as they too are being presented with the prestigious lifetime achievement award.
For honouring them, the time could not have been more apt. The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana is celebrating its golden jubilee; and the Vice-President has already consented to be the chief guest at the inaugural celebrations to be held at the PGI’s Bhargava Auditorium on May 5.
He is expected to honour the three luminaries with the achievement awards soon after the inaugural session. Pakistan’s Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik too is expected to be a part of the celebrations and the felicitation ceremony.
Innovative and proactive, Justice Kuldip Singh is known to have maintained a rigid silence outside court during his eight-year term as a Supreme Court judge. Even today, he is not very vocal about the judiciary and its functioning. About the awards, he says, “I am glad they have chosen me for presenting the lifetime achievement award. But, my real award has been my work as a judge in the Supreme Court.”
