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Justice S.S. Sodhi, a distinguished legal luminary public servant, author and former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court is a prominent name among the people of the country. He is a Barrister at Law from London’s Lincoln inn with a distinguished track record as a lawyer and a judge. After a roaring practice as a lawyer, he served as a Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court. It was here from where he was elevated as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court. Earlier, he was in the Punjab superior Judicial Service and held various positions including those of District and Session Judge, Deputy Registrar (Research) at the Supreme Court of India, Legal Remembrancer to the Punjab Government and the Registrar of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Even after his retirement, from Allahabad High Court, he held some significant post including that of Chairperson of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). During his tenure at Chairperson of TRAI, Justice Sodhi was responsible for establishing TRAI’s transparent and responsive systems keeping in view the overall aim of fostering a competitive regime in a liberalized telecom sector, the main objective of which was to bring in private investment and expand tele-density. He was also the Lok Pal of Punjab. He is a role-model for all for various reasons. His distinguished career, his qualities in life fairness and honesty and his popularity among the people are some of these reasons. He has been living at Chandigarh right from the days when the city had just come up. He has also been a trustee of the Tribune Trust since 2002 and in April 2012, he was unanimously elected as President of the Tribune Trust. He is also an excellent writer. His book ‘The Other Side of Justice’ is a path breaking account of India’s Judicial system. In view of all these facts, it is justified to consider him a true role-model