In a farewell marked by poetry and warm tributes — including verses penned by Attorney General R Venkataramani, his wife Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, and others — the outgoing Chief Justice of India, Justice B.R. Gavai, said he had always regarded every position he held not as a source of power but as a chance and opportunity to serve the nation.

At the SCBA event, a poem written by Vijayalakshmi Venkataramani for the wife of Chief Justice Gavai was also read aloud, prompting the CJI to remark that the couple (AG & his wife) were “made for each other”.

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Reflecting on the influences that shaped his understanding of justice, Chief Justice Gavai said both Dr. B R Ambedkar and his father, Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai, guided his constitutional outlook

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