Sudhi Ranjas Das - Fifth Chief Justice of India
By
Prof. K. Baldeva Mehta
“Edel sey der Mensch....
Nur allein der Mensch
Vermag das unmogliche.....
—Goethe.
Man should aim high; It is only man who can do the impossible. Sudhi Ranjan Das, the last of the giants or the front-line Judges of the Federal Court, has succeeded a Great Chief Justice, who was deeply learned, saint and scholar. Both Calcutta and Punjab may well feel elated as the new Chief Justice had in turns adorned the Bench in the two States.
A student who received his early education at the feet of the Great Master, the sage and bard of Santineketan; the boy who shared first joy and richness of mind of a towering personality, Desh bandhu Chittaranjan Das, a gem among lawyers and a prince among patriots; the briefless barrister who for several months went up and down the columnated recesses of the Calcutta High Court; the lawyer who exchanged his position at the bar for a seat on the Bench in a spirit of dedication; the Judge who on a couple o ....