SINGAPORE, Aug. 9 -- A Singapore law graduate who failed to disclose past plagiarism incidents when seeking admission to the Bar - the process to become a qualified lawyer - has been publicly named after the court lifted an anonymity order, according to CNA.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on Thursday republished his grounds of decision in the case, identifying Pulara Devminie Somachandra.

"I make this order because, in my judgment, the principle of open justice is the predominant and overriding interest in this case, and there are insufficient grounds for departing from it," he said in his judgment, as cited by the Singapore-based media organisation.

He added that anonymisation orders were "a derogation" from the general rule that parti...