G. S. Singhvi
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Hon'ble Mr. Justice G.S. Singhvi |
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| Judge, Supreme Court of India | |
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In office 12 Nov 2007 – 12 Dec 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Pratibha Patil, President of India |
| Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court | |
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In office 27 November 2005 – 11 November 2007 |
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| Judge, Gujarat High Court | |
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In office 28 February 2005 – 26 November 2005 |
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| Personal details | |
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12 December 1948 Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Rajasthan University |
| Website | Template:Supreme Court Page |
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G.S. Singhvi (born 12 December 1948) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He retired on 11 December 2013.
Justice Singhvi was born at Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 12 December 1948. He graduated in 1968 from Jodhpur University and earned Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in 1971 from Rajasthan University with Gold Medal.
Justice Singhvi practised in Rajasthan High Court, mainly in Constitutional Law.
He became a judge of the Rajasthan High Court on 20 July 1990. was transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court on 28 April 1994 and then to the Gujarat High Court on 28 February 2005.
He was elevated to the post of Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court on 27 November 2005. He became a judge of Supreme Court of India on 12 November 2007.
On 2 February 2012, a bench composed of Justice Singhvi and Justice AK Ganguly quashed 122 2G licenses issued in the year 2008 by A. Raja, then Union Telecom Minister terming them as "unconstitutional and arbitrary".
Justice Singhvi is heading a bench of Supreme Court dealing with abuse of vehicle beacon lights. During the hearings, the bench said, "A judge becomes hourable by his judgments and not by using red beacon at the top of his official car." The bench ordered all the governments to take steps to limit the list of dignitaries entitled to use red beacon with siren on their official cars.
A bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice SJ Mukhopadhaya has upheld the Section 377 of India's penal code bans "sex against the order of nature", which is widely interpreted to mean homosexual sex.
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