Hours after attending his mom’s funeral in Thane on Thursday, Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, the third most senior choose of the Supreme Courtroom, returned to Delhi the identical day to ship 11 verdicts on Friday, his final working day. He is because of retire on Could 25.
Among the many 11 verdicts is a suo motu case that the SC took up on the best to privateness of adolescents within the backdrop of controversial remarks made by the Calcutta HC final 12 months. After delivering the verdicts, Justice Oka is predicted to take a seat in Courtroom number one with CJI B R Gavai.
“The Ceremonial Bench comprising Hon’ble the Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abhay S Oka and Hon’ble Mr Justice Augustine George Masih in Chief Justice’s Courtroom will sit after the pronouncement of judgments in Courtroom No. 3,” a discover by the SC for legal professionals learn.
On Could 21, after attending a felicitation by the Supreme Courtroom Advocates on Document Affiliation (SCOARA), Justice Oka is learnt to have obtained the information of his mom Vasanti Oka’s passing. Her funeral was held in his ancestral dwelling in Thane round 11 am Thursday, the place Justice Oka was current. She is survived by her two sons, Justice Oka and his brother Dr Ajit Oka.
On the SCOARA felicitation, Justice Oka mentioned that he “hates” the phrase retirement and as an alternative of considering of retirement, he took on extra work within the final couple of months.
“I don’t approve [of] one custom which is adopted within the Supreme Courtroom that [the] retiring choose mustn’t work on the final day. It is going to take a while for us to eliminate that custom however at the least I’ve one satisfaction that [on the] final day, I will probably be sitting in an everyday bench and announcing some judgments,” he had mentioned.
Justice Oka, who was appointed a choose of the SC in August 2021, has served practically 4 years. He was appointed a choose of the Bombay HC in 2003 and was the Chief Justice of the Karnataka HC from Could 2019 till his elevation to the SC.
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Justice Oka is thought for his rulings defending private liberties and free speech.
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