HC Judge Sabhahit dies of cardiac arrest

BANGALORE: Senior Judge in the Karnataka High Court VG Sabhahit died after sufferring from cardiac arrest on Monday evening. Justice Sabhahit, who returned to his chamber after completing the court proceedings in the evening, complained of chest pain, and was immediately rushed to hospital.However, the doctors declared him brought dead. Reportedly, he had been suffering from cardiac problems and had suffered two strokes earlier.Justice Sabhahit was born on November 26, 1955. He enrolled himself as an advocate in 1979 and practised in the High Court. On April 18, 1988, he joined the Karnataka Judicial Service as District Judge.He was promoted to the cadre of District Judge (Super Time Scale) on November 22, 1995.He was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court on February 21, 2000, and as permanent Judge on June 11, 2001.Several legal experts expressed their condolences over the death of High Court Justice Sabhahit.Vice-Chairman of Karnataka State Bar Council L Srinivasa Babu described Justice Sabhahit as one of the best judges, and said it was a great loss to the  state Judiciary.