New Delhi, May 23 -- Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, the third-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, will retire on 24 May. Justice AS Oka is scheduled to deliver 11 verdicts on Friday, his last working day - two days after the death of his mother.

Justice Oka was informed about the death of his mother, Vasanti Oka in Mumbai on 21 May after , after attending a felicitation by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCOARA). Her funeral was held in his ancestral home in Thane around on Thursday. Justice Oka attended the funeral.

A day after attending his mother's funeral, Justice Oka will sit in the court today.

One of the cases that Justice Oka is scheduled to hear today is a suo motu case that the Supreme Court took up on t...