New Delhi: On his final day in office, Supreme Court Judge Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, who along with Justice G S Singvi, delivered a major blow to the government by quashing the 122 2G telecom licenses, said he "always tried to play with a straight bat."
Addressing his farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, an emotional Justice Ganguly also demonstrated his keen interest in cricket by stating that senior players should make room for younger players to enable the Indian team to recover from its recent disastrous performance in Australia.
Pointing to the book written by former English captain David Crompton 'End of an innings', Justice Ganguly said, "Similarly, it is an end of my innings as a judge. I don't know how I played my innings but I always tried to play with a straight bat. It is for you to judge how I have played it."
Chief Justice S H Kapadia, several judges of the Supreme Court, Attorney General G E Vahanvathi and president of the SCBA P H Parekh, were present at the ceremony.
"Today, I had mixed feelings in the afternoon when I handed over robes to my orderly Ashok. I was happy thinking that I don't need to read SLPs this evening. Looking into his eyes, I found that they were a little moist and I was immediately touched by his feelings," he said recalling his 18 years stint as a judge.
Quoting a saying of Rabindranath Tagore, Justice Ganguly said "bondage is wrapping me around. They are about to leave me. But when they leave me, there is a wrench in my heart."
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