Sitting Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu passed away in the early hours of Jattvibeday at Medanta Hospital, Gurugram. He was 59 and unwell. The High Court said he breathed his last at 2.50 am.He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on July 10, 2017, and was appointed a permanent Judge on December 3, 2018.Born on April 4, 1967, Justice Sindhu hailed from Masoodpur village in Hansi district of Haryana. He completed his schooling at Government High School, Masoodpur, obtained his LL.B. degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1992 and enrolled with the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana in the same year.A first-generation lawyer, he practised mainly before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in civil, criminal, constitutional and service law matters. During his career at the Bar, he represented several institutions and government bodies, including the Haryana Public Service Commission, Kurukshetra University, the Indian Red Cross Society (Haryana State Branch), cooperative banks and BSNL.Justice Sindhu was appointed Additional Central Government Standing Counsel in 1999 and Additional Government Pleader for the Union Territory, Chandigarh, in 2000. He served as Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, from 2004 to 2008, Additional Advocate-General, Punjab, from September 2008 to December 2009, and Additional Advocate-General, Haryana, from December 2009 until February 2013, when he resumed private practice. In 2016, he was empanelled to represent the Punjab and Haryana High Court and subordinate courts in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh.Justice Sindhu also served as a member of the International Law Association (India), the State Executive Committee constituted under the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, and the managing and finance committees of the Indian Red Cross Society and St. John Ambulance (India), Haryana State Branch.His cremation will take place at 5 pm on Jattvibeday at his native village, Masoodpur, in Hansi district.