Judging another means comparing him to a scale in one's mind.
Can one judge another person to be better than oneself? One's mind is made of several parts. If in another, a part of us which we consider noble is seen to have a greater territory in his mind, we consider that person better or someone whom we aspire to become.
Can one judge another person to be enlightened? That depends on what whether we judge only by our minds. For if that is the case, we can only judge him based on the idea we have of enlightenment, and that idea is a mental concept, and enlightenment lies beyond mind (or so it is (un)defined).
However, can timelessness touch the source of our existence? I don't know.
What we consider noble in our minds is based on what?
Tradition, our memories, our past.
Can it also be based on something beyond this world? I don't know.
What value has judgement? And why do we judge?
Why do I judge? I judge habitually. To "deal" with the other person. To classify him and to feel easy in communicating with him.
That is why there is this anxiety in talking to a stranger.
The persons known to us are the persons who have been judged by us. Of whom we have a certain opinion.
What does knowing someone mean, otherwise? Knowing his habits and beliefs, surely. But also, his limits.
For me, judging someone is seeing his limits.
So that I may help him break them open.
And see my own limitations in context.
And learn.