Former SC judge Shivaraj Patil gave ‘eyes and heart’ to law, says Bilimale

Referring to the fashionable cognition that instrumentality has neither eyes nor heart, symbolising its rigidity and harshness, Purushothama Bilimale, Chairperson of the Kannada Development Authority, said that erstwhile Supreme Court justice Shivaraj V. Patil brought some sensitivity and penetration to the mentation of instrumentality during his tenure connected the Bench.

“It is often said that instrumentality has nary eyes and heart. However, those who work and construe instrumentality indispensable person both. Mr. Patil was among the fewer judges who served arsenic the eyes and bosom of the law. While judges indispensable determine cases wrong the model of law, Mr. Patil, portion adhering to this well-established ineligible principle, often went a measurement up to analyse them from a humane perspective, thereby delivering justness successful the truest sense,” Mr. Bilimale said.

He was speaking astatine the inauguration of a seminar connected the beingness and enactment of Mr. Patil astatine Visvesvaraya Bhavan successful Kalaburagi connected Saturday. The seminar was organised jointly by the Justice Shivaraj V. Patil Trust, Sarvagna School, Kalaburagi, and Justice Shivaraj Patil PU College, Raichur.

Drawing a parallel with the ideas of 19th-Century Victorian writer and professional Matthew Arnold, Mr. Bilimale said Mr. Patil’s beingness and enactment reflected the essence of Arnold’s conception of civilization arsenic the pursuit of quality perfection done motivation and intelligence improvement alternatively than specified worldly progress.

Quoting Arnold’s formulation that “the pursuit of perfection is the pursuit of sweetness and light”, Mr. Bilimale said the aforesaid tone was disposable successful Mr. Patil’s life, which was guided by motivation integrity and intelligence clarity. Human progress, helium added, should purpose astatine the perfection of quality and intellect grounded successful ethical values.

Speaking connected the occasion, Suraj Govindaraj, justice of the Karnataka High Court, recalled the hardships Mr. Patil faced successful his aboriginal beingness earlier rising to go a justice of the Supreme Court of India. He urged students to gully inspiration from Mr. Patil’s travel marked by perseverance and dedication.

“Mr. Patil was calved into a mediocre household successful a distant colony successful Raichur district, 1 of the astir backward regions of the state astatine the time. The colony lacked electricity, due connectivity and connection and acquisition facilities during his puerility days. Despite specified adverse circumstances, Mr. Patil pursued his acquisition and yet roseate to the highest judicial bureau successful the country,” helium said.

When idiosyncratic who had astir thing could execute specified heights done determination and hard work, helium added, students today, who person entree to modern facilities specified arsenic the internet, artificial quality and improved communication, tin execute adjacent more, helium said.

Mr. Patil presided implicit the inaugural session. Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, caput of Bhalki Math, released a commemorative measurement connected the beingness and enactment of Mr. Patil connected the occasion. Editor of the measurement Kalyanarao Patil, honorary exertion Channareddy Patil, co-editor Shilaja Bagewadi and retired territory justice and president of the Justice Shivaraj Patil Trust N. Sharanappa were among those present.