Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain Bids Farewell To Delhi High Court, Says Attitude Or Ego Has No Place In Judicial Personality

Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain on Friday bid farewell to the Delhi High Court. He joined the Delhi judicial services in the year 1992.

In his farewell speech, Justice Jain said that shortly after joining the Delhi judiciary, he understood that the district judiciary is the foundation of the justice delivery system.

He said that he was able to provide substantive justice to the needy persons with a practical and pragmatic approach and that his postings in various jurisdictions greatly widened his knowledge as a judge.

Justice Jain did his LL.B, LL.M and Ph.D. from Law Faculty, Delhi University. He practiced as an Advocate in the Delhi District Courts and Delhi High Court. He also served as a lecturer of law in Campus Law Centre, Delhi University before joining judicial services.

After joining Delhi Judicial Service in 1992, he was promoted in the Delhi Higher Judicial Service in the year 2003. As a judge, he worked in different jurisdictions such as Civil, Criminal, Rent, CBI etc.

While thanking every one who helped him in his journey, Justice Jain said that as a Principal District and Sessions judge, he always ensured active participation of each and every judge in the activities of the district judiciary.

He also said that his work in mediation for the last 20 years has earned immense recognition for him and transferred his personality completely as a judge as well as his outlook in life.

“I feel blessed to have facilitated mediation and approximately 20,000 cases and conducted over 150 training camps across the country. Mediation has taught me two valuable lessons- first, how to embrace the life as it comes and secondly, how to accept the pain and challenges in life as a source of happiness,” he said.

Furthermore, Justice Jain thanked the judicial service for shaping his career as a judge and also nurturing him as a person. 

He said that as a judge, he firmly believes that judges are the service provided to the consumers of justice being the litigants and that attitude and ego has no place in the judicial personality.

Further underscoring that a judge must remain humble in the pursuit of justice, Justice Jain ended his farewell speech by giving a message to the young lawyers. He said that legal profession is a challenging but deeply rewarding journey and that they should never stop learning from their peers and mentors.