'Will Vacate Official Residence Within Permissible Time After Retirement': CJI Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Thursday said that he would not be able to find a suitable accommodation by the time he retires in November due to time constraints and 'for sure vacate" his current official residence within the deadline permitted under the existing norms.
At a farewell event by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA), the CJI praised Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, who will retire on August 9, calling him a warm person who devoted his career to the judiciary. Speaking to judges from the Supreme Court and high courts, as well as senior lawyers and their families, the CJI said Justice Dhulia would leave his official residence the day after his retirement.
'We will always remember his contribution to the judiciary. After retirement, he is going to be in Delhi, and he'll be one of the judges who will be vacating the house immediately. On the next day of his retirement," the CJI said.
His remarks came nearly a month after the Supreme Court administration wrote to the Centre to vacate the official residence of the Chief Justice of India at Krishna Menon Marg in the national capital, stating that former CJI DY Chandrachud had lived there, surpassing the permissible timeframe.
Justice Chandrachud vacated the official residence in August.
'As a matter of fact, that's a rarity. I wish I would also be in a position to do it till November 24. I won't find time to find a suitable house, but I can assure you that whatever time is permissible as per the rules, I'll be shifting before that. But Justice Dhulia has set a very good example. I am sure that many of us can emulate him," Justice Gavai said.
Justice Dhulia was involved in many important Supreme Court rulings, including the Karnataka hijab ban case. In that case, he disagreed with the majority opinion and said there should be no ban on wearing the hijab in any school or college in the state.
Justice Dhulia said, 'Let me tell you I was not defending the Hijab. What I was defending was the choice of women to wear Hijab. If I have a judicial philosophy, then I can only say that my judicial philosophy is everything is around the human being. Everything which is for the benefit of a human being is my judicial philosophy."
(With PTI inputs)
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