Justice HL Dattu was sworn in as the forty second Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday..Justice Dattu, who enrolled at the Bar in 1970, was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1995. He, subsequently, served as the Chief Justice of Chattisgarh and Kerala High Courts before being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2008..He held an informal interaction with Supreme Court reporters at an evening tea party organized yesterday at his residence. Expressing his happiness in assuming the highest judicial office of the country, CJI Dattu said that,.“We can understand what a common citizen of India feels when we, the last court, tells him ‘no’. So every case is important for us. I sit as a common man in the court.”.Justice Dattu also said that for a Supreme Court judge, a sixteen hour workday was the norm..“A lot of hard work goes into our preparation, because it is the last court and everyone comes with a lot of expectations. Every sensitive case is dealt separately”.Justice Dattu is hearing many significant cases in the Supreme Court including the 2G scam.
Justice HL Dattu was sworn in as the forty second Chief Justice of India (CJI) by President Pranab Mukherjee in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday..Justice Dattu, who enrolled at the Bar in 1970, was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1995. He, subsequently, served as the Chief Justice of Chattisgarh and Kerala High Courts before being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2008..He held an informal interaction with Supreme Court reporters at an evening tea party organized yesterday at his residence. Expressing his happiness in assuming the highest judicial office of the country, CJI Dattu said that,.“We can understand what a common citizen of India feels when we, the last court, tells him ‘no’. So every case is important for us. I sit as a common man in the court.”.Justice Dattu also said that for a Supreme Court judge, a sixteen hour workday was the norm..“A lot of hard work goes into our preparation, because it is the last court and everyone comes with a lot of expectations. Every sensitive case is dealt separately”.Justice Dattu is hearing many significant cases in the Supreme Court including the 2G scam.
