‘Will Miss My Hindustan’: Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia bid; Louds SC, Lawyer in Farewell | Bharat News
New Delhi: At his farewell ceremony on the eve of retirement, Supreme Court Judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Friday described the apex court as his “Hindustan” – a place where cases and lawyers converge across the country.“During breakfast, my wife asked me,” What will you remember the most after leaving the office? ” I immediately said, “My Hindustan”, “He remembered, speaking at the event.” He did not understand. He probably thought that I was losing my marbles. But ‘Hindustan’ is you – lawyer. This is probably the only court where cases come from every corner of the country. This is what I will remember the most – every morning to be this India in front of me. “Calling for literature to explain his view, Justice Dhulia cited the 1915 novel “Human Bondage” from Samarset Mougham. He compared his Supreme Court experience to the novel’s hero Philip, after studying art in Paris, tells his uncle that he has “learned to see a tree against the backdrop of the sky”. The judge said, “This is what I saw here, through your (lawyers) arguments – something that I did not imagine earlier.”The court heard its “best experience”, reflecting on a career for decades. Born on August 10, 1960 in a family of public servants – his father, a judge of the Allahabad High Court, his mother an academic, and his grandfather, a freedom fighter – Justice Dhulia studied in Dehradun, Allahabad (now prayer) and Lucknow. He graduated in 1981, completed his LLB in 1986, and earned a master in modern history. He started his legal practice in the Allahabad High Court before going to the Uttarakhand High Court in 2000, where he became a senior advocate and elevated on the bench in 2008. In January 2021, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court and in May 2022, he was elevated in the Supreme Court. (With PTI input)
