Justice Arun Mishra turns down SCBA Farewell invite citing COVID-19, calls Bar 'mother of judiciary' [Read Letter]

On Sunday, Justice Arun Mishra, who is due to retire on Sept 02, has turned down farewell invitations by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Confederation of Indian Bar citing COVID-19 pandemic as the core reason.

In his letter to both the SCBA and the CIB, Justice Mishra has stated that he considers Bar as 'the mother of judiciary' and that it would have been a pleasure to attend the farewell functions otherwise.

Justice Mishra stated that 'taking into account the severe situation and suffering of the world due to COVID-19 pandemic, his conscience wouldn;t allow him to be a part of the function,'

He though added that he would visit the Bar once the situation normalizes and pay his respects.

Meanwhile, a romour regarding the farewell stating that the association shalln't organize any farewell for Justice Arun Mishra already did round on which President of SCBA, Dushyant Dave gave clarification by refuting it.

ABOUT JUSTICE ARUN MISHRA

Justice Arun Kumar Mishra has served formerly as the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the Rajasthan High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court is his parent High Court. Justice Mishra's father late Hargovind Mishra was also a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Justice Mishra worked as part-time Lecturer in Law from 1986 to 1993. He was a Member of the Faculty of Law at Jiwaji University, Gwalior from 1991 to 1996.

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Source: Bar and Bench