Nagendra Singh
Judge (Dr.) Nagendra Singh | |
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President of the International Court of Justice | |
In office 1985–1988 | |
Preceded by | Taslim Elias |
Succeeded by | José Ruda |
4th Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
In office 1 October 1972 – 6 February 1973 | |
Preceded by | SP Sen Verma |
Succeeded by | T. Swaminathan |
Personal details | |
Born | Dungarpur, Rajasthan | 18 March 1914
Died | 11 December 1988 The Hague, Netherlands | (aged 74)
Nationality | Indian |
Relatives | Laxman Singh Bijai Singh |
Alma mater | Mayo College St. John's College, Cambridge |
Prince Sri Nagendra Singh (18 March 1914 – 11 December 1988; Hindi pronunciation: [n̪əgeːn̪d̪ɾə sɪŋgʱ]) was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as President of the International Court of Justice from 1985 to 1988.[1] He was the first Indian Judge at International Court of Justice [1] and one among the four judges from India to have been Judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the others being B. N. Rau (1952–1953) , R. S. Pathak (1989–1991) the 18th Chief Justice of India, and Dalveer Bhandari (2012–), former Justice of the Supreme Court of India.[2]
Early life
[edit]Nagendra Singh was born on 18 March 1914 in the State of the Kingdom of Dungarpur, to Bijai Singh and his wife Davendra Kanwar; his elder brother was Laxman Singh I, the last monarch of Dungarpur.[3] Before joining the Civil Service he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.[4]
Career
[edit]He joined the Indian Civil Service and served as Regional Commissioner for the Eastern States, a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, joint secretary for India's Defense Ministry, Director-General of Transport, and special secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[5]
Between 1966 and 1972 Singh was secretary to the President of India,[5] then from 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973 he was Chief Election Commissioner of India.[6] In 1966, 1969, and 1975, he was appointed a representative of India in the United Nations Assembly and served on the United Nations International Law Commission on a part-time basis from 1967 to 1972. He was also elected as secretary of the International Bar Association. In 1973, he moved to The Hague to become a judge of the International Court of Justice and was its president between February 1985 and February 1988, when he retired.[5] He continued to live at the Hague and died there in December 1988.
Honours
[edit]Singh was awarded the Kama award in 1938, and in 1973 he received the Padma Vibhushan from the Government of India.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74". The New York Times, 13 December 1988.
- ^ "Former CJI Pathak dead". The Indian Express. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". u.whatiledjeffte.pro. Retrieved 6 September 2020.[dead link ]
- ^ "Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships". St John's College, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "ICJ Communiqué" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 13 December 1988.
- ^ List of former CEC of India Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Election Commission of India Official website.
- ^ "Previous Awardees". Padma Awards, Government of India. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Carl Landauer, Passage from India: Nagendra Singh’s India and international law. Indian Journal of International Law 56, 265–305 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40901-017-0057-4
- ^ Prabhakar Singh, Indian Princely States and the 19th-century Transformation of the Law of Nations, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Volume 11, Issue 3, (2020)pp. 365–387, https://doi.org/10.1093/jnlids/idaa012.
- ^ [United Nations Security Council Resolution 627]
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