214th Report - Law Commission of India

20Bharucha, JJ.The fait accompli appeared astark reality; the majority opinion anaccomplishment. The hopes I entertained of afree and frank discussion vanished. But thencame the opinion dated August 24, 1993 of mylearned brother Ahmadi, J. like a pebble ofhope hewn out of a mountain of despair,followed by the opinions of my learnedBrethern Kuldip Singh and Pandian, JJ. datedSeptember 7, 1993 and September 9, 1993respectively. No meaningful meeting thereafterwas possible as the views by that time seemedto have been polarized. So now the firmopinions of the eight Brethren, ascommunicated, are known to me.Loaded withthese opinions, I set out to express my own,more as a duty to the venture embarked upon,for I owe it immeasurably, for being party tothe referral.”