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. He said this while talking to the apex court staff members at a function organised by them to bid farewell to outgoing chief justice KG Balakrishnan. He also announced that he will not go on a two-month-long summer vacation beginning Monday and continue working. <br/><br/>Reassuring the court staff for redressal of their grievances, Justice Kapadia said he also worked as a class III employee in a small office in Mumbai before joining the legal profession and will visit the Supreme Court offices to know first hand the problems faced by them.<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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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 Septembr, 2012.
News On AIR | May 11, 2010 5:33 PM
Sarosh Homi Kapadia to take over as 38th CJI tomorrow