‘Relief giving judge with immense compassion’: Delhi HC bids farewell to Justice Jain

Prior to his HC elevation implicit two-and-a-half years ago, Justice Jain was a justice of the territory judiciary for astir 30 years, including 11 years astatine the Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) from 1992 followed by his promotion to the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (DHJS) successful 2003.

Speaking astatine the farewell, Justice Jain said aft joining DJS, helium realised that “the territory judiciary is the foundational pillar of the justness transportation system”. He served arsenic main territory and sessions justice successful 3 districts of Delhi.

On his tenure arsenic further manager of Delhi Judicial Academy aft his promotion to DHJS, Justice Jain said, “It has taught maine 2 invaluable lessons: first, however to clasp beingness arsenic it comes; second, however to judge the challenges and symptom successful beingness arsenic a root of thrill and happiness… I experienced a heavy consciousness of restitution each clip I recorded a colony arising retired of mediation contempt being an adjudicator”.

CJ Manmohan hailed Justice Jain for ensuring that “his expertise successful mediation was enactment to optimum usage successful the work of society”. “Justice Jain conducted mediation successful astir 12,000 cases pertaining to assorted taxable matters. He has gained an acquisition of implicit 12,000 hours successful conducting mediation and has besides served arsenic mediation trainer from clip to time,” helium said, adding that Justice Jain is an accredited mediator by the International Mediation Institute, Holland.

The CJ besides fondly recalled Justice Jain’s “passion for caps, ghats and sunglasses”. “He has a antithetic operation of caps and glasses for each occasion.” Delhi authorities lasting counsel connected the transgression side, Sanjay Lao, said, “Justice Jain has ever been captious wherever judicial orders were passed successful a mechanical mode astatine the clip of taking cognizance by magistrates,” helium remarked.

In June, Justice Jain stayed a proceedings tribunal bid granting bail to past Delhi main curate Arvind Kejriwal successful the alleged liquor excise argumentation scam. In September, helium granted aesculapian bail to erstwhile DHFL manager and promoter Dheeraj Wadhwan, who is facing charges of misappropriation and cheating to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore successful a CBI case, adjacent arsenic a aesculapian committee had opined that helium does not necessitate hospitalisation and tin beryllium treated connected an outpatient basis.

Bar Council of Delhi subordinate Ramesh Gupta cited Justice Jain’s judgement stating “prosecution agencies cannot frustrate the close to statutory bail of an accused by filing incomplete chargesheet and continuing investigation” successful the Chitra Ramakrishna (former National Stock Exchange head) versus CBI lawsuit successful the alleged co-location scam. The Supreme Court had upheld the judgement. Justice Jain was capable to bring an extremity to “conflicting judgments connected the contented of assistance of statutory bail portion prosecuting agencies record incomplete chargesheets and proceed probe in” the case, Gupta said.