Retiring SC Judge stresses on the need for united higher judiciary

New Delhi, Feb 23: A retiring Supreme Court Judge on Friday stressed the need for projecting a united face of the higher judiciary in India, cautioning that a fractured face would only dent its credibility and paramountcy.

Justice Amitava Roy expressed his views in a farewell address at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association on his last working day in the court.

Justice Roy will actually retire on February 28, but Friday was the last working day for the top court since it will go into a weeklong Holi vacation.

"We can't in any way project a fractured face to anyone. If that happens, we lose credibility. If we lose credibility, we lose paramountcy of the judicial process. It is important to be together," Justice Roy said in an apparent reference to the press conference held by four Supreme Court Judges over their grievance vis-a-vis functioning of the top court.