new delhi evoking controversies in the bar and solving many a problem for judges characterised his over sixyear tenure in the supreme court but justice arun mishras wish for a quiet send off on his last day as sc judge was belied by attorney general k k venugopal and bar association president dushyant daveas per tradition he shared the dais with cji s a bobde on wednesday after a tiring few months of writing voluminous judgments on weighty issues daughters having equal coparcenary right in ancestral property amrapali case punishing advocate prashant bhushan for contempt and settling complex payment issues relating to agr dues of telecom companies ironically this was the first and last time justice mishra and justice bobde were on the same benchas soon as the bench finished its judicial business senior advocate mukul rohatgi and solicitor general tushar mehta wished justice mishra a happy retired life but venugopal began from where he left his arguments in the bhushan case i would have been happy if no punishment was given but the judgment of the bench headed by justice mishra elaborately laid down the law on contempt of court and it will be debated for a long time the ag saidwhen his turn to speak came last justice mishra sought pardon from all advocates if he had hurt them in any manner he said his judgments were always dictated by his conscience i have always tried to do what is correct and best i have not decided a single case keeping my conscience locked up you can criticise my judgments but do not attribute a motive he said he had just begun to respond to the ag on the bhushan judgment when cji bobde stopped him by saying zyada mat bolo ab dont get into it nowthe ag said he had excellent personal relations with this extremely hardworking judge who was firm and unshakable deserving the epithet iron judge dave was seen on the screen during the virtual farewell but could not be heard he later complained that he was deliberately muted in the videoconferencing by the registry in a letter to the cji he called this a game plan to prevent him from speaking on the occasion fearing that i might say something unpleasant even though he never had any such intentiondave said i must confess the sc has come to such a level where judges are afraid of the bar please remember judges come and go but we the bar remain constant saddened by the events he said i will never again participate in any function organised by the supreme court till my term as president of scba is over in decembercji bobde paid glowing accolades to justice mishra by referring to him as a beacon of life courage and fortitude in the face of adversity he said justice mishra had bravely fought many difficult situations both as a judge and in his personal life with many health issuesi dont know of anyone who faced