Honorific-Prefix: | Justice |
Nirmal Singh | |
Nationality: | Indian |
Spouse: | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan |
Party: | Shiromani Akali Dal (2009-2020),Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic) (2020-Present) |
Relations: | Dhanna Singh Gulshan (father-in-law) |
Children: | 2 daughters |
Residence: | Model Town, Phase-1, Bathinda |
Birth Place: | Rampur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1947 |
Successor1: | Gurpreet Singh |
Term End1: | 2017 |
Constituency1: | Bassi Pathana |
Term Start4: | 12 May 2000 |
Office4: | Punjab and Haryana High Court |
Nominator4: | Adarsh Sein Anand |
Term End4: | 17 March 2005 |
Office2: | Jammu & Kashmir High Court |
Term Start2: | 18 March 2005 |
Term End2: | 06 September 2009 |
Nominator2: | Ramesh Chandra Lahoti |
Office: | Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly |
Appointer2: | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
Appointer4: | K.R. Narayanan |
Term Start1: | 2012 |
Justice Nirmal Singh is an Indian politician and former high court judge.
Nirmal Singh was born to Sardar Gurdial Singh and Bachan Kaur at Rampur, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.[1]
In 1964 he completed matriculation from National High School (Balahri Kalan), in 1969 he did B.A. and in 1972 completed his LLB from Panjab University.[2]
He is married to Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, daughter of Dhanna singh Gulshan. Both his wife and father-in-law were Members of Parliament and Union Minister.[3] [4]
In 1996 he became District & Session Judge and also served as D & SJ, Vigilance, Punjab.
In 2000 he became a permanent judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and served till 2005.[5] He was then appointed judge of Jammu & Kashmir High Court and then he retired in 2009.[6]
He then joined Shiromani Akali Dal and was elected to the 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections from newly created Bassi Pathana assembly constituency.[7] [8] He also fought in 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections from Chakaur Sahib constituency but lost to Charanjit Singh Channi.[9]
He joined Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa's group alleging SAD was promoting caste-based discrimination and differences with interstate water disputes. Later he was expelled from the party and he joined Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic).[10]
Chairman of Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and Member of Committee on Privileges and House Committee of Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is also a life member of The Indian Council of Arbitration and Interstate Water Disputes Tribunal. He also attended Conference on Women Empowerment in Bangladesh.[11]