Justice Kapadia appointed CJI

New Delhi, Apr 30 ((PTI) Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia,
the senior most judge of the Indian Supreme Court and one who
wants all judges to keep themselves abreast with commercial
laws, was Friday appointed as the 38th Chief Justice of India.
The 62-year-old judge will take over from incumbent
Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on May 12 and would remain at
the helm of Indian Judiciary till September 29, 2012.
Justice Kapadia was associated with an historical
judgement in which a five-judge Constitutional Bench had held
that the law put in the Ninth Schedule was open for judicial
review.
Kapadia's deep knowledge on wide ranging issues,
particularly tax laws, has earned him accolades from the Bench
and the Bar in equal measure.
Justice Kapadia, who is known for maintaining strict
judicial discipline, assumes the office at a crucial time when
Indian judiciary is hit by corruption controversy and
perceived failure of in-house mechanism on appointment and
elevation of judges.
For the judge, who during his tenure in the apex court
since December 18, 2003 had been associated with 771
judgments, his 28-month term as the CJI would be a challenging
one against the backdrop of the need to reduce the mounting
pendency of the cases not only in the top court but in High
Courts and trial courts.
However, the real test for Justice Kapadia would be to
take a stand on whether or not the office of CJI comes under
the ambit of the Right to Information Act as the present CJI K
G Balakrishnan has consistently maintained that it has to be
kept out of the purview of the Right to Information(RTI) Act.
The issue assumes importance as the Delhi High Court
had dismisssed the stand of Justice Balakrishnan after which
the Supreme Court Registry appealed to the apex court. PTI RKS
MRD


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