HC bids adieu to 2 judges

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday bid adieu to two of its seniormost judges, Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Suresh Kumar Kait, who have been appointed as the chief justices of the high courts of Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, respectively.
In the farewell speech, Justice Kait expressed his gratitude to his family members and paid homage to Dr BR Ambedkar. "I am a person who hails from a rural background.I have been able to achieve this height because of our Constitution and for this, I pay my homage to the father of the Constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar," he said, adding that he attended school under a tree.
Justice Shakdher asserted that even those without connections and training can fight against the biases of caste and economics in the system. "I came from a service background, had the opportunity to go to the best institutions, had a roof over my head and was not differently abled and yet it was not easy to break into the profession. When you look around, there are many who were not as lucky as me," he said.
"You can become, if not Arjun, certainly an Eklavya. You may be unconnected, uninitiated and untrained, but if you have fire in your belly, you can unshackle the entrenched system, fight biases of caste, creed and economics," Justice Shakdher said in words of encouragement for young lawyers.
The Chief Justice-designate of Delhi High Court, Justice Manmohan, lauded justices Shakdher and Kait for their contribution to the field of law.