May 11, 2010 6:56 PM

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Sarosh Homi Kapadia to take over as 38th CJI tomorrow

Streamlining the Supreme Court’s functioning will be the priority of Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia when he takes over as the 38th Chief Justice of India tomorrow.<br/><br/>In a letter written to former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer, Justice Kapadia said, he hopes to fulfill the Constitutional obligations to achieve the goal of inclusive growth. <br/><br/>Coming from a poor family and starting his career as a Class Four employee, he said, his only asset is integrity. Replying to Justice Kapadia's letter, Justice Iyer said, India a poor country, and hence poverty jurisprudence and social justice must receive high priority.<br/><br/>Earlier, talking to the apex court staff members at a function organised by them to bid farewell to outgoing chief justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice Kapadia announced that he will not go on a two-month-long summer vacation beginning Monday and continue working. <br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice S H Kapadia was appointed the Chief Justice of India on 30th of April. He was instrumental in framing investment schemes, accounts and finances of banks and financial institutions, as also accounts of the share and stock brokers and various financial and banking matters in the capacity of the judge of the Special Court. <br/><br/>During his tenure as the judge of the Bombay high court and the special court, Justice Kapadia had decided important matters under various PILs. Later he was appointed as the Chief Justice of Uttaranchal high court on 5 th of August, 2003. He was elevated to the bench of the Supreme Court on 18th December, 2003. Born on September 29, 1947, he has keen interest in Economics, Public Finance, Theoretical Physics and Hindu and Buddhist philosophies. He is due to retire on 29th of September, 2012.

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