Background
He was only sixteen years of age when he lost his father, Sardar Dalip Singh.
He was only sixteen years of age when he lost his father, Sardar Dalip Singh.
Early After a short stint as a clerk at the East African Railways and Harbours, he joined a European firm of lawyers in Nairobi. But he continued his Bar studies. After passing the Bar final examinations in 1955, he returned to Kenya in 1956, to started his own practice as a Barrister in Nairobi.
He also joined politics and was elected, at first as a City Councillor and then elevated to the position of Alderman of the City of Nairobi.
He went on to hold many responsible positions before he decided in 1965 to migrate to England. He joined the English bar in 1967 and made headlines with his appointment to the bench in 1982, the first from a minority ethnic group and first Judge to sit on the English Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig.
Mota Singh retired from the Bench in 2002.