SC Judge Navin Sinha Retires

Early Life 

• Justice Navin Sinha completed his law degree at Delhi University and practiced in the Patna Courts.
• He was elevated to the position of judge at the Patna High Court after 23 years of practice.
• He also served as the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court and Rajasthan High Court.
• He was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court in the year 2017.

Life as Supreme Court Judge 

• He has passed 126 judgements with 31.5 as an average number of judgements per year as a judge of the Supreme Court.
• He passed majority of the judgements in criminal matters but he has dealt with cases of service, property law, civil law, etc.
• He practiced as a criminal lawyer, civil lawyer and also in constitutional cases, however only gave his judgement in one matter related to the Constitution.
• He had authored 27 out of 158 judgements he was part of, in his first year as a Supreme Court judge.
• 2019 is considered as his busiest year as he authored 44 out of 133 judgments.
• He has disposed of more than 13,000 cases during his tenure as a Supreme Court judge.

Justice Navin Sinha’s Speech 

• He emphasised on the training requirements for the young lawyers.
• He stated that “today’s lawyers would be tomorrow’s judges” and considering the competition, they should be trained accordingly.
• He urged the Supreme Court Bar Association to take action and teach the young lawyers the manners and demeanour of being a lawyer.

CJI’s Speech 

• The CJI in his speech stated that giving a judgement is much more than knowledge and application of the principles of law.
• It is a matter of moral courage to make a decision that would displease many people.
• It is very difficult make an unbiased decision being impartial.
• He stated that “the SC is losing a very important voice” on the occasion of Justice Navin’s retirement.

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