Supreme Court Justice Magistrate Arun Mishra
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge Arun Mishra said goodbye to the bar and court on Wednesday, saying he handled cases with “conscience” and made all decisions with “conviction.” Sharing the ceremonial bench on his last day as supreme court judge With Chief Justice SA Bobde, Judge Mishra addressed the court through a videoconference and urged the legal fraternity to “analyze (your) all trials but do not give them this color or that color.”
“I have treated all cases with my conscience and made all decisions with conviction,” he said.
The CJI, which incidentally shared the platform with Judge Mishra for the first and last time in the superior court, praised the retiring judge as a “beacon of light”, “beacon of courage” and “beacon of strength” even before all adversities.
“Judge Mishra is leaving a legacy of hard work, erudition, a lot of courage and strength, ”said the CJI.
Judge Bobde said: “I wish Judge Mishra a happy, happy and prosperous life and I hope he will stay in contact with us and we certainly strive to do that,” Judge Bobde said adding that it was a privilege to work with the judge. . Mishra,.
“I don’t know many people who have done a job with such courage despite so many difficulties,” the CJI said.
The last day of Judge Mishra, who rendered many key rulings, including the AGR quota case which gave telecom companies 10 years of time and the imposition of a rupee fine on lawyer Prashant Bhushan for contempt of court, has also had the controversial part.
SCBA Senior Attorney and President Dave dushyant objected after allegedly being deprived of the opportunity to speak at Judge Arun Mishra’s virtual dismissal ceremony and fired a letter expressing disappointment to the CJI.
By the time the case hearings ended, the Attorney General KK Venugopal He wished Judge Mishra a happy life after retirement and regretted that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the dismissal has to be done via videoconference.
Attorneys, including former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi He also wished Judge Mishra who thanked them and his fellow judges saying that he always tried to borrow the “given power weapon” from Bar and his fellow judges.
“You all were the power behind everything I have done. I have learned a lot from the members of the Bar … I have learned so many branches of law from the members of the Bar,” he said.
He said, “Sometimes I have been very harsh in my conduct directly or indirectly. No one should feel hurt … If I have hurt someone, please forgive me, forgive me, forgive me.”
He also referred to the contempt case against Prashant Bhushan and said Venugopal said he did not want any punishment.
Venugopal described Mishra as “the iron judge” and said: “We will miss him in the Supreme Court and we wish him good health.”
Shivaji Jadhav, President of Association of Lawyers of the Supreme Court in Registry (SCAORA) read the brief summary of Judge Mishra’s career, especially his judicial career.
Attorney General Tushar Mehta and some other bar leaders also attended.
Earlier, on August 30, Judge Mishra had rejected the farewell invitations from the Bar Associations, the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Indian Bar Confederation, citing “a serious situation and suffering throughout the world. “due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Judge Mishra had become a Supreme Court judge on July 7, 2014.
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