Justice Altamas Kabir is well equipped to handle the diverse responsibilities in chairing the SC but his tenure is short |
| source:Business Standard |
Visitors to the Supreme Court next week are bound to be struck by the contrasting styles of Chief Justice S H Kapadia, who has just retired, and the new Chief Justice of India (CJI), Altamas Kabir.
Kapadia disposed of 50-odd cases in two hours and there was hardly any sitting in the afternoon. His successor has a slower rate, an average of 15 cases in that time. He gives ample time to all parties to present their case in their own way, and writes clear judgments.
CJI Kapadia specialised in tax laws and grilled lawyers who were weak in this field. CJI Kabir is more or less a generalist, equally good in civil and criminal matters. He was born in Bengal and started his career in the district courts of Kolkata. Later, he was elevated to the Calcutta High Court and then became CJ of the Jharkhand High Court. In 2005, he became an SC judge.
As the 39th CJI, he has little time to make substantive changes on the administrative side, as he retires next July. With two months of summer vacation, the effective reign is about seven months.
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