Justice Hans Raj Khanna ( Former Supreme Court of India judge)

After he tendered his resignation on 12-3-1978 Said:- Flashed through my mind… There arose a feeling of some satisfaction for having not swerved or faltered at the crucial time from what I believed was the correct course. The fact that it resulted in foregoing and losing the office of Chief Justice of India did not hurt very much for such consequence was expected from the moment I prepared my judgement in the habeas corpus case and also because many others have paid much greater price for following the voice of their conscience. Undoubtedly those moments were not without a tinge of sadness, which invariably is there at the time of parting whether from a career of life or from a dear one. It also happen that in such moments of crisis , in moments when the curtain is falling on a major part of one’s life, if one has the consciousness of having done what one believed to be the right thing, one gets sustenance and support from the inner and hitherto unknown reserves of strength.