Hri Kumar Nair SC (born 16 June 1966) is a Singaporean lawyer and former politician who has been serving as Judge of the High Court of Singapore since 2023.
[4] Nair was involved with several high profile cases during his term as DAG, including the appeal of the City Harvest Church trial[5] and Tan Cheng Bock's constitutional challenge to the elected presidency in 2017.
[6] Nair was quoted to have said that Tan's motives "are purely selfish and he has shown no regard for the principle of multiracial representation which Parliament intended to safeguard".
The court dismissed the appeal, issuing a landmark judgment setting out the criteria for bringing in fresh evidence applying to the prosecution.
[8] In June 2018, Nair successfully argued the prosecution's appeal for the death penalty to be imposed on Chia Kee Chen, who murdered his wife's ex-lover Dexmon Chua.
Roshdi was previously sentenced to hang in 1994 for murdering a Central Narcotics Bureau inspector before he escaped the gallows and re-sentenced to ten years' jail upon an appeal.
[19] He is known for criticising the opposition for not taking a stand on contentious issues[20] and for his criticisms of the Worker's Party's management of the Aljunied–Hougang Town Council.