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H. H. Judge
S. M o t a S i n g h M a t h a r
u Q.C. |
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Honorable Judge S. Mota Singh Matharu, Q C, was
the first Sikh judge in the England, U K. Judge Mota Singh was born to Smt. Harnam Kaur Thethi on
26th July 1930 in Nairobi, Kenya. His father S.
Dalip Singh Matharu had his own car repair
workshop, he was very melodious Raggi (Gurbani
Reciter) and social worker. In his Childhood Judge Mota Singh
was
accompanied his father on Tabla. The father and
son duo was very popular in and around Kenya,
Nairobi. Unfortunately he lost his
father at the age of 16th years.
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Judge
Mota Singh raised and educated in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1954 he shifted
to England to complete the remaining part of his studies of Law. He
gone back to Kenya in 1956. In Kenya he served as
city councilor and alderman, secretary of the Kenya Law Society and
vice chairman of
Kenya
Justice.
He migrated to the
United Kingdom
following Kenyas independence. He joined the English bar in 1967.
Within months he developed a successful practice in civil law. In
1978 he was appointed as a Queens Counsel. He maintained this until
his appointment to the bench in 1982. This appointment was historic,
being the first ever from an ethnic minority and was a recognition
of his commitment to the high standards of the profession. He had
taken the oath on Gutka (Small Manuscript of Guru Granth Sahib) ji because it was not possible to keep Guru
Granth Sahib Ji (Holy Book of Sikhs) in the oath ceremony.
His decision to wear a white turban in
court, instead of a wig, came to be seen as a sign of a
multicultural
Britain.
He is not only the first Asian to have been appointed as a judge in
England; he broke the glass ceiling in so many different areas for
future Asian generations.
The major part of his judicial life was spent
dealing with a wide range of cases of verifying degree of
complexity, independence, integrity and impartiality are the
sin qua non of his professional life. He retired on..
. It
was great occasion in the life of Judge Mota Singh Matharu when the chief justice
of U.K Supreme court was present on the function of his
retirement. |
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Judge Mota
Singh is a trustee of Sikh Gurudwara South London from the last 10
years. His skills have been recognized at all levels and have led to
numerous invitation by government of India to discuss issues
relating to the Punjab, to liaising with the indo-British legal
forum at a 5 days seminar in Delhi, As part of the celebration of
the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Sikh brotherhood (the Khalsa), he was invited to India as
a guest of the Punjab government
to chair an international seminar on the values and relevance of
Sikh religion in the 21st century. Similar visits followed to Kenya
and New York. In 1998 he was appointed chairman of the European
section of the world Sikh council by the Sikh religious and temporal
authorities in Amritsar. |
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Judge Mota Singh married to Smt. Swaran Kaur Matharu on 9 April 1950
she herself is god fearing lady. She is the main support in the
success of Judge Mota Singh. The couple is blessed with one daughter
and 2 sons. |
M E S S
A G E |
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Dont
ever forget that you are the heritage of great
tradition.
we have
not only to maintain those traditions
but also to tell the world.
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