SINGAPORE: Supreme Court judicial commissioners Mohamed Faizal Mohamed Abdul Kadir and Sushil Sukumaran Nair have been appointed High Court judges, with effect from Monday (Mar 9), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.
Having been appointed by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, their appointments bring the number of justices on the Supreme Court to 35, PMO said in a media release.
This includes five justices in the Court of Appeal, four judges of the Appellate Division, 19 judges in the High Court and 26 international judges. The count also includes the Chief Justice, one judicial commissioner and five senior judges, PMO added.
Judicial Commissioner Faizal was appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on May 2, 2024 for a two-year term, while Judicial Commissioner Nair was appointed on Apr 1, 2025, for one year.
The former began his time in the legal service in 2005 as a justices’ law clerk in the Supreme Court, before going on to being an assistant registrar, said PMO.
