October 7, 2019 5:48 PM

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Indian-origin Singaporean judge joins Brunei Supreme Court

<span style="color: #222222;">An Indian-origin Singaporean judge has been sworn in by Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah as a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court of the sultanate.<br />''<br />''Kannan Ramesh's appointment is for a two-year period and the 54-year-old Justice will continue to hold his position as a full-time judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.<br />''<br />''As a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court of Brunei, Justice Ramesh will spend up to a month in Brunei each year to read, hear and write judgments primarily on commercial cases and certain civil ones.<br />''<br />''All part-time judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Brunei are designated as judicial commissioners.<br />''<br />''In the Singapore Supreme Court, Justice Ramesh was appointed judicial commissioner in May 2015. </span><br />

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