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Kuldeep Singh, former Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born on 1st January 1932. He had his education from Col. Brown Cambridge School, followed by his first law degree from Punjab University in 1955 and a second one from the University of London in 1958. He served as a barrister-at-law at Lincoln’s Inn in London before returning to India in 1959. He was directly appointed from the bar as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 14th December 1988. As a Judge, he broke new legal ground in environmental law (earning the sobriquet ‘green’ judge) and gave a fresh dimension to human rights litigation while dealing with alleged police atrocities in Punjab. After his retirement as a Judge, he headed the 2002-2008 National Delimitation Commission that redefined the constituencies all over the India following 2001 Census. He is a role-model as he gave frank and bold decision and also performed his duty as the head of delimitation commission in a fair and judicious manner. Even after retirement, his crusading zeal has not dimmed and he is teeming with ideas for judicial reform. “The system of judicial appointment should be more transparent,” says the former judge, who wants a national debate on the issue. He points out that the chief justice controls the high courts and lower courts by virtue of his power to appoint and transfer judges. The exercise of this power must be transparent. He is definitely a perfect role-model to inspire all those who want innovations and reforms for speedy justice.