India, May 28 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday paid a glowing tribute to outgoing Supreme Court judges Justices J K Maheshwari and Pankaj Mithal, and thanked them for their years of dedicated service.

Both Justice Maheshwari and Justice Mithal will retire during the partial court working days (June 1 to July 12) in the apex court.

While Justice Maheshwari is set to retire on June 28, Justice Mithal will demit office on June 16.

The CJI was speaking at a function organised by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) to bid farewell to Justices Maheshwari and Mithal. "They (Justices Maheshwari and Mithal) showed us that authority need not create distance and that high offices need not separate a person ...