About T. S. Sinnathuray
Thirugnana Sampanthar Sinnathuray, known professionally as T. S. Sinnathuray and to his friends as Sam Sinnathuray, was a judge of the High Court of Singapore. Educated at University College London and called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, he practised for a few years in a law firm before beginning a career with the Singapore Legal Service, serving with the Attorney-General's Chambers as Crown Counsel and deputy public prosecutor (1960–1963), and senior state counsel (1966–1967); with the Subordinate Courts as a magistrate (1956–1959), first district judge (1967–1970), and senior district judge (1971–1978); and with the Supreme Court as deputy registrar and sheriff (1959–1960), and registrar (1963–1966). In 1978 he was elevated to the office of Judge of the High Court of Singapore, and served until his retirement in 1997. Sinnathuray was the first non-European to act as the president of the Singapore Cricket Club (1976–1978). He then became senior state counsel at the AGC (1966–1967), and first district judge (1967–1970) and senior district judge – the most senior judge – of the subordinate courts (1971–1978). In 1985 he ruled that decisions of Singapore's Military Court of Appeal are not susceptible to judicial review in the High Court since the Military Court is a superior court of record.
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