Outgoing Madhya Pradesh decide Duppala Venkata Ramana mentioned at his farewell operate on Tuesday that his switch to the Madhya Pradesh Excessive Courtroom was issued with “unwell intention to harass” him, and that he was “subjected to conspiratorial scrutiny” due to which his household suffered in silence.
The Supreme Courtroom collegium proposed transferring Justice Ramana of the Excessive Courtroom of Andhra Pradesh to the Excessive Courtroom of Madhya Pradesh in August 2023.
He requested his switch proposal be reconsidered and sought a switch to the Excessive Courtroom of Karnataka as an alternative. The collegium didn’t discover advantage in his request and resolved to reiterate its advice to switch him to the Excessive Courtroom of Madhya Pradesh as a everlasting decide.
Ramana, who retired from the Indore bench of the MP Excessive Courtroom, mentioned on Tuesday, “I used to be transferred from Andhra Pradesh Excessive Courtroom to Madhya Pradesh Excessive Courtroom with none motive. I used to be requested for choices. I opted for the state of Karnataka in order that my spouse will get higher remedy… nevertheless it was not thought of by the Honourable Supreme Courtroom.”
Justice Ramana mentioned that he sought the switch on the bottom of his spouse’s medical situation, since she suffered from paroxysmal non-epileptic seizures and infirmity within the mind because of the Covid pandemic. “However the illustration was neither thought of nor rejected in the course of the tenure of the then Chief Justices. I despatched one other illustration; that too was neither rejected nor thought of. I obtained no response. A decide like me expects optimistic humanitarian consideration. I used to be disheartened and deeply pained… my switch order appears to have been issued with unwell intention to harass me,” he mentioned, including, “God doesn’t overlook nor forgive so simply.”
“They may also undergo in different mode. A place is not going to be continued for everybody. Nevertheless, as fortune would have it, the bane become a boon for me as a result of I obtained immeasurable love, help, and cooperation from my brother judges in addition to members of the Bar at Jabalpur and Indore,” he mentioned.
Justice Ramana mentioned that the “transfers have been anticipated to rattle me, however they didn’t”.
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“I did the other. I’ve made lasting contributions in every of the 2 states – Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. I had a possibility to serve within the land of Amravati, Krishna, Godavari, and Narmada. I’ve actually served justice. I’m blessed for these alternatives,” he mentioned.
“By these extraordinary on a regular basis experiences, I’ve confronted many challenges in my life and realised that, aside from onerous work, there are not any shortcuts to success. The journey of wrestle and bitter experiences in my profession helped me diversify my actions. From the day I joined the judicial service until I reached this place within the judiciary, I used to be subjected to conspiratorial scrutiny. My household and I suffered in silence, however in the end, the reality will at all times prevail,” he mentioned.
Quoting Martin Luther King Jr’s line that “the final word measure of a person isn’t the place he stands in moments of consolation and comfort, however the place he stands at instances of problem and controversy,” Justice Ramana mentioned, “Every part that I may obtain was solely after going through a number of wrestle, setbacks, and hardships in life.”
“I’ve embraced all of the challenges that got here my means and strengthened myself, and understood that each failure carried inside it a seed of equal benefit. I by no means claimed myself to be a scholarly decide or an excellent decide, however I’ve at all times believed that the final word objective of the justice supply system is to offer justice to the widespread man,” Justice Ramana mentioned.