New Delhi: Justice P Sathasivam had become 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI). He was today sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. Sathasivam took over the post from Justice Altamas Kabir, who served as the CJI for over nine months.
There was an arrangement of brief ceremony for oath in the name of god at Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan for 64 year old Justice Sathasivam.
P Sathasivam was born on April 27, 1949 and enrolled as an advocate in July 1973 at Madras and was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Madras High Court in January, 1996.
Later, he was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in April, 2007.
Elaborating on his plan during his less than 10 month long tenure as Chief Justice of India, Justice Sathasivam had said “Delay in disposal of cases is a major issue.”
“This difficulty can be overcome by enhancing judicial productivity both qualitatively and quantitatively,” he said.
Justice Sathasivam said he would work towards reducing the backlog of cases by “fixing time limit for arguments, submitting written notes,” etc.
He was elevated to the Supreme Court in August, 2007 and would demit office on April 26, 2014.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley, NDA Working Chairperson L K Advani, CPI leader D Raja, several Union ministers were present at the ceremony.
Bureau Report
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