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Time of India
04-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Work withdrawn from Punjab judge after HC admin recommends his compulsory retirement
Chandigarh: Just days after the Punjab and Haryana high court administration recommended compulsory retirement of Tejwinder Singh, judicial responsibilities have been withdrawn from him. Singh, one of Punjab's senior-most district and sessions judges, was serving as the presiding officer of the industrial tribunal in Patiala. Sources confirmed that since the HC administration has sent the recommendations regarding his compulsory retirement to the Punjab govt, it was a routine exercise to withdraw judicial work from the concerned judicial officer. As per rules, the decision to compulsorily retire Tejwinder Singh would be notified by the Punjab govt. Singh had first come into limelight in June 2019, when he had convicted six persons in the infamous Kathua rape and murder case. While three were awarded life sentence, other three accused were given five-year jail terms. The trial was conducted in his court after the Supreme Court had shifted the case from Kathua to Pathankot, where he was posted as the district and sessions judge. Known for his sobriety and professional competence, Singh joined the Punjab judicial services in 1991 at the age of 23 and made it to the 1993 edition of the Limca Book of World Records for being India's youngest magistrate. He had also served as magistrate in Chandigarh. Singh had also practiced as an advocate at the Punjab and Haryana high court for around a year before joining the judicial services. In March 2017, he completed his doctorate in law from the Panjab University in Chandigarh on "Legislative Measures To Control Terrorism And Their Enforcement With Special Reference To The State Of Punjab: A Critique." Singh had qualified for Punjab judiciary examination in 1989 and started his career as a magistrate in Ludhiana.
Hindustan Times
04-06-2025
- General
- Hindustan Times
HC for compulsory retirement of Punjab judge who presided over Kathua trial
The Punjab and Haryana high court is learnt to have recommended compulsory retirement of a district and sessions judge, Tejwinder Singh, a Punjab cadre officer, who conducted a trial in the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old Kathua girl. The full court of the high court, which met last week before the commencement of the summer holidays, took the decision in the meeting chaired by chief justice Sheel Nagu after an internal probe indicted the judge in a case of allegedly 'accepting favours and misconduct', multiple sources confirmed. It is learnt an internal probe was initiated in 2020 after complaints of accepting 'favours from litigants' and allegations of 'lavish expenses' on the construction of a house. Upon the high court's recommendation, a formal notification is issued by the state government. Singh conducted the trial in the infamous Kathua rape and murder case of a Bakarwal minor girl reported in January 2018 in Jammu. It was transferred to Pathankot on apex court intervention and in June 2019, Singh, then a district and sessions judge, Pathankot, had convicted six men in the case observing that 'strained relation between the local Hindu community and nomadic Bakarwal Muslims was a strong motive behind the rape and murder.' His last posting was as presiding officer, industrial tribunal in Patiala—a low-key post. However, now judicial work has been withdrawn from him. Singh had joined the Punjab judicial service in 1991 at the age of 23 and figured in the 1993 edition of the Limca Book of Records as India's youngest magistrate. In the seniority list of the state's superior judicial service, he figured at serial number two.
