1st Sikh judge of British High Court sworn in

Rabinder Singh,a leading lawyer,has been sworn in as the first Sikh judge of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Prasun Sonwalkar

Rabinder Singh,a leading lawyer,has been sworn in as the first Sikh judge of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Singh,47,is the son of Indian immigrants,and studied at Bristol Grammar School and Cambridge University.

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Singh is the first Sikh judge of High Court,but not the first Sikh to be appointed to a senior level in UK judiciary. That was Mota Singh,who was knighted in 2010.

I am a barrister who happens to be a Sikh. I have always tried to be a role model by the work I do. I havent said Im a Sikh barrister,look at what I do. I have just said,Look at what I do. Everyone can see what I am, Singh told Law Society Gazette.

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