The Chief Justice Kabir is retiring on 19th July,2013
The following is my farewell poem
Two Lama on eve of Retirement of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir
In the mountains of Tibet
Elder Lama taught Younger Lama
That In field of law,
If you ask same question
Again and again
It gives different answers each time
Then he asked Younger Lama
To ask any one question again and again
Younger Lama thought it over
And then asked,
"What is the difference between
Kabir and Justice Kabir?
What is common between two?
Elder Lama replied,
Kabir was a poet
Justice Kabir is a Judge
Both are saints.
Younger Lama asked same question again,
"What is the difference between
Kabir and Justice Kabir?
What is common between two?
Elder Lama replied,
Kabir judged souls of human beings
Justice Kabir judged disputes of human beings
Kabir wrote poems
Justice Kabir wrote judgements
Younger Lama asked again,
But this time he changed his question slightly,
"What is the difference between
Justice Kabir and other judges?
What is common between them
Elder Lama replied,
Justice Kabir is Justice Kabir
Whereas none of other judges is Justice Kabir
This is the difference between them
They all dedicated their lives
To do justice, justice and justice
This is common between them.
Elder Lama then asked Younger Lama
To look at the range of snow clad mountain peaks
And to say,
What is common between all of them?
Younger Lama looked at the range of snow clad mountain peaks
And then replied,
"All of them are Beautiful
Some of them have more snow on peaks
Some of them have less snow on peaks."
Elder Lama said,
"In same way, souls of all judges are pure.
Some of them have more snow on peaks of their souls,
Some of them have less snow on peaks of their souls."
Haresh Raichura
10/3/13