Justice Singhvi is heading a bench of Supreme Court dealing with abuse of vehicle beacon lights. During the hearings, the bench said, "A judge becomes hourable by his judgments and not by using red beacon at the top of his official car."The bench ordered all the governments to take steps to limit the list of dignitaries entitled to use red beacon with siren on their official cars.
''Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation''
A bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice SJ Mukhopadhaya has upheld the Section 377 of India's penal code bans "sex against the order of nature", which is widely interpreted to mean homosexual sex. The judges stated that "a miniscule fraction of the country's population constitutes lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgenders" and that the High Court had erroneously relied upon international precedents “in its anxiety to protect the so-called rights of LGBT persons”. The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay voiced her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships in India, calling it “a significant step backwards” for the country and UN chief Ban Ki-moon stressed on the need for equality and opposed any discrimination against lesbians, gays and bisexuals. The judgement was overturned by a larger constitutional bench on September 6, 2018.
In a judgement on 6 July 2011, the bench of Justice Singhvi along with Justice AK Ganguly ordered that entire 156 hectares of land be given back to the robbed farmers. The government had acquired the land for "development" but was handed over to builders for making commercial and residential complexes. The bench imposed a fine of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority for its illegal act.
Quotes
"It is sad to say that my generation have failed the nation, and in a nation where 700 million people live below the poverty line we tend to talk about justice. We talk about our fundamental rights being trampled upon but what about those people who do not get two square meals a day, have no right to education, shelter, clothing and other basic amenities, and what about tribal people."
* Justice Singhvi speaking at a seminar in Guwahati, Assam on 12 May 2012.
"The 'jan sevaks' are fast becoming our masters, the first citizens followed by the rich and the poor only as third class citizens"
* Justice Singhvi speaking at a seminar in Guwahati, Assam 12 May 2012.
