Harinder Singh Giani was an eminent jurist, who practiced at the bar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court is a common High Court for both the States of Punjab and Haryana and Union territory of Chandigarh, in India. It is situated at Chandigarh, the capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana. The sanctioned strenghth of this High Court is 68 judges consisting of Chief...

 at Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

 for over 42 years. He was the Senior Central Government Standing Counsel in the mid-nineties. He was also a member of the committee set up to draft a new constitution for the Diwan

Chief Khalsa Diwan

The Chief Khalsa Diwan is a 104-year old Sikh organisation, which is the central Organization of various Singh Sabhas spread across Punjab. Unlike the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, the Diwan is an apolitical body and only concerns itself with religious, educational and cultural...

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He was the grandson of Pratap Singh Giani

Pratap Singh Giani

Pratap Singh Giani was a Sikh academician, scholar and calligraphist.He was born in 1855, the son of Bhai Bhag Singh Giani of Lahore. As a young boy, Partap Singh learnt Punjabi, Urdu and Sanskrit and studied Sikh scriptures...

, the eminent Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

 scholar and calligrapher. He was the son of Kartar Singh Gyani, a judge of the Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission, Amritsar.

He remained the president of the Local Committee, Chandigarh of the Chief Khalsa Diwan

Chief Khalsa Diwan

The Chief Khalsa Diwan is a 104-year old Sikh organisation, which is the central Organization of various Singh Sabhas spread across Punjab. Unlike the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, the Diwan is an apolitical body and only concerns itself with religious, educational and cultural...

 for over a decade and dedicated a large part of his spare time for it and for the Guru Harkrishan Public School, Chandigarh.