{"id":59020,"date":"2020-03-07T14:43:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T09:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59020"},"modified":"2020-03-07T14:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T09:13:31","slug":"delhi-high-court-bids-farewell-to-justice-g-s-sistani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-bids-farewell-to-justice-g-s-sistani","title":{"rendered":"Delhi High Court bids Farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi HC on Friday bid farewell to Justice G.S. Sistani, the 2nd\u00a0senior most judge, whose retirement brings down the total number of judges in the court to 33 as against the sanctioned strength of 60.<\/p>\n<p>The HC organised a farewell for Justice Sistani, who will retire on Mar 10, on Friday owing to the Holi break on Mar 9 &amp; 10.<\/p>\n<p>Once Justice Subramonium Prasad, transferred to New Delhi from the Madras HC, takes charge as an additional judge, the strength would go up to 34.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, when Justice Sistani was part of a Bench headed by Chief Justice D.N. Patel, as is the practice on the last day of a judge before he retires, lawyers in the courtroom expressed their gratitude &amp; respect for him.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Solicitor General Maninder Acharya &amp; Central govt standing counsel Anil Soni said even adverse orders against them \u201cdid not pinch\u201d because of the smile on Justice Sistani\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p>The same view was echoed by others present in the courtroom. In response to it, Justice Sistani said nobody ever shouted in his court so he never had to shout back either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-high-court-bids-farewell-to-justice-g-s-sistani\/justice-g-s-sistani\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Justice G.S. Sistani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Justice-G.S.-Sistani.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>A farewell was also organised for him by the Delhi High Court Bar Association where large number of lawyers gathered to bid him goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Sistani enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1982 &amp; he was appointed as an additional judge of the Delhi HC with effect from May 29, 2006, &amp; was confirmed as a permanent judge a year later on Aug 29, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi HC on Friday bid farewell to Justice G.S. 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