Supreme Court judge Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri retired on Wednesday, 6 March, after a career of more than four decades in the legal domain.
The second senior-most SC judge broke down during a farewell being given to him by lawyers, including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, SC Bar Association President Rakesh Khanna and advocate Maninder Singh, News18 reported.
The judge, who turns 65 on Thursday, 7 March, was elevated to the apex court on 12 April 2013. Prior to this, he had served as the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, and the acting chief justice of the Delhi High Court. He was first appointed as a judge in 1999 with the Delhi HC.