Canada Supreme Court gets its 1st turbaned Sikh woman judge
Palbinder Kaur Shergill has become the first turbaned Sikh woman to be appointed a judge of Canada's Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday. The appointment was made with immediate effect as she replaces Justice EA Arnold-Bailey, who retired on May 31. As a leading human rights advocate, Shergill represented World Sikh Organisation and Canadian Sikh community in several cases.