Chief Justice Quotes Faiz Ahmad Faiz For Outgoing Judge, "Friend" For 47 Years SK Kaul

At a farewell function organised for Justice Kaul, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud quoted poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz to bid farewell to his colleague and friend for over 47 years.

Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, a senior Supreme Court judge, retired yesterday, ending his six-year-long tenure at the court. At a farewell function organised for Justice Kaul, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud quoted poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz to bid farewell to his colleague and friend for over 47 years. 

"Veeran hai maqaida, khum-o-sagar udas hai. Tum gaye toh rooth gaye din bahar ke", quoting a couplet of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the Chief Justice of India said, "I first met Justice Kaul at St Stephen's College. We were in the first batch after the Emergency and our countless conversations in the canteen and our shared love for theatre made us friends."

Remembering his college days with Justice Kaul, the Chief Justice said, "He (Justice Kaul) contested in the student's elections and we fully supported him. Since I was academically strong, I was tasked to prepare his manifesto. Those days, Sanjay used to have a red-coloured Standard car. One day, he met an accident and we thought we could get some sympathy votes but that didn't happen."