Justice Sujatha - Embodiment of Rule of Law and Empathy.
Justice S.Sujatha, judge of the Karnataka High Court retires on 19 May 2022. The Karnataka State Bar Council and the Advocates Association Bangalore gave warm farewell to Justice Sujatha on 21 and 22 April 2022 During her tenure as judge for last seven years, Justice Sujatha proved herself to be a no-nonsense and workaholic judge with extremely balanced approach. The reply given by Justice Sujatha to farewell speech of Chairman, Karnataka State Bar Council shows her commitment towards justice. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7D9-gBKlcw ). Though many lawyers considered Justice Sujatha as very strict in the matter of granting interim orders, not a single lawyer/litigant walked out of her court with a feeling of sadness. Justice Sujatha meant only one thing; doing justice in the matter applying the sound principles of law. Though as lawyer Justice Sujatha practiced on the taxation side, the judgments delivered by her show the vast knowledge she acquired in...