Anil Kumar, Ravi Bhushan Singhal, V Shekhar, and Anip Sachthey died last year, and the Supreme Court conducted a full-court reference on Thursday to honour them.

A full court reference will be held to pay tribute to the Supreme Court’s departed judges and senior advocates for their contributions to the legal profession.

At the full court reference conducted in the auditorium of the apex court’s extra building complex, Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana, other apex court judges, and Attorney General K K Venugopal were among those who paid tribute to these four senior attorneys.

“My brother and sister judges join me in expressing our sincere sympathies to Shri Anil Kumar, Shri Ravi Bhushan Singhal, Shri V Shekhar, and Shri Anip Sachthey’s bereaved families.” “We pray to God to give them the strength to suffer this unrecoverable loss,” the CJI stated.

Venugopal and the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), senior counsel Vikas Singh, paid tribute to them as well.

Anil Kumar joined the Delhi Bar Council in 1974 after being born in July 1950.

“On July 16, 2004, he (Kumar) was named an extra judge of the High Court of Delhi, and on February 20, 2006, he was named a permanent judge.” “He authored various judgments during his time as a judge of the High Court of Delhi,” the CJI stated, citing some of Kumar’s decisions.

Kumar retired on July 11, 2012, and was then named chairman of the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property, a position he held for three years.

“After that, he began appearing before the Supreme Court of India. “On August 31, 2016, the Supreme Court of India classified him as a senior advocate,” the CJI remarked, adding, “Shri Anil Kumar was equally revered by the bar and the bench for his legal acumen.” He was a man of few words, but he was a man of great integrity.” On April 22, 2021, Kumar departed for the hereafter.

Ravi Bhushan Singhal graduated from law school in 1983 and was born in March 1957.

In 2009, the Allahabad High Court recognised him as a senior lawyer.

“He appeared in over 20,000 instances during his career. Tenancy Deeds, Contract Law, the NDPS case, Service Law, and other fields of the law were among his areas of practice, according to CJI Ramana.

On the 23rd of April, 2021, Singhal died.

V Shekhar, who was born in November 1956 and enrolled with the Delhi Bar Council in 1980, began practising law in 1980.

“In 1985, he became an on-the-record advocate. Shekhar practised law in a variety of areas, including taxation, service law, corporate law, criminal law, arbitration, constitutional law, and administrative law,” the CJI said, adding that the Delhi High Court appointed him as a senior advocate in 2006.

Shekhar had testified in several high-profile trials, including the Ram Janmabhoomi and triple talaq cases.

Shekhar, who served as a senior member of the SCBA’s Executive Committee for three terms and twice as its vice-president, died on April 24 of last year.

Anip Sachthey, born in June 1956, graduated from law school in 1979.

“He appeared in a wide range of matters before several high courts and the Supreme Court of India throughout his 40-year career.” He has also testified in arbitrations and cases involving the environment and pollution. Shri Sachthey also served as amicus curiae for the Supreme Court in various cases and was standing counsel for the states of West Bengal and Gujarat between 2013 and 2015, according to the CJI.

In March 2019, the Supreme Court designated him as a senior advocate. On April 26 of last year, Sachthey passed away.