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I knew Mr. Lallubhai Motichand Mehta perfectly well ever since he served as an attache in the Judicial Department after passing his LL. B. Examination. I found him to be a promising young man & was much pleased with the way in which he studied and grasped the facts of all the cases and appeals he was asked to attend to.
His manners were very sweet and suasive and above all he always tried to consider both sides of case ably, impartially, as well as with care. and circumspection.
I could at once see that he had in him the makings of a good Judge and I am glad to testify my anticipations were more than fulfilled by the excellent manner in which he discharged his duties as a judge from the beginning to the end of his career. His qualities of heart also were unique. I am fully confident that he would have risen to the highest rung of the ladder of service without any hitch or hindrance in case Providence had spared him longer and in case the cruel hand of Death had not snatched him away from earth in the midst of a prosperous and promis
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