Justice GS Singhvi, who retired from the Supreme Court in December 2013, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT). He took charge on September 25, 2014..The appointment was made following the retirement of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, who was also a former judge of the Supreme Court..Enrolled in the Rajasthan Bar in July, 1971, Singhvi practiced before the High Court’s Jaipur Bench before becoming a judge of the same High Court in 1990, aged forty-two. Four years, he would be transferred to the Punjab & Haryana High Court and then to Gujarat, before being appointed the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh in November 2005..On November 12, 2007, after seventeen years as a High Court judge and aged fifty-nine, Singhvi was sworn into the Supreme Court..The COMPAT, which now has a Chairman, is still without its two members, confirmed COMPAT Deputy Registrar GK Sharma..It is understood that the notification for Justice Singhvi’s appointment as Chairman of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal is awaited.
Justice GS Singhvi, who retired from the Supreme Court in December 2013, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT). He took charge on September 25, 2014..The appointment was made following the retirement of Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, who was also a former judge of the Supreme Court..Enrolled in the Rajasthan Bar in July, 1971, Singhvi practiced before the High Court’s Jaipur Bench before becoming a judge of the same High Court in 1990, aged forty-two. Four years, he would be transferred to the Punjab & Haryana High Court and then to Gujarat, before being appointed the Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh in November 2005..On November 12, 2007, after seventeen years as a High Court judge and aged fifty-nine, Singhvi was sworn into the Supreme Court..The COMPAT, which now has a Chairman, is still without its two members, confirmed COMPAT Deputy Registrar GK Sharma..It is understood that the notification for Justice Singhvi’s appointment as Chairman of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Appellate Tribunal is awaited.