Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, who completes his tenure on November 23, delivered an emotional farewell on Friday, saying he was stepping down “with a full sense of satisfaction and contentment” after nearly four decades in the legal profession.

The farewell ceremony took place before a packed ceremonial bench that included CJI-designate Justice Surya Kant and Justice K. Vinod Chandran. As tributes poured in from judges and senior members of the Bar, Justice Gavai paused several times, visibly moved.

“After listening to all of you, and particularly the poems of the Attorney General and Kapil Sibal, my voice is choking with emotions,” he said. “When I leave this courtroom for the last time… I leave this court with the sense that I have done whatever I could have done for this country.

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