<p>Justice H L Dattu, who was today sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI), said that he will sit as a "common man" on the Bench and assured citizens that there is no class difference in handling of cases.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I will sit as a common man on the Bench," was how the 42nd CJI described his job as the head of the Judiciary.<br /><br />63-year-old Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu,the senior-most Supreme Court judge, was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<br /><br />He said the judges of the top court are also common people and they know that their job is very responsible as every matter before them is a "serious case" for citizens.<br /><br />"At the end of the day it is the last and final court of the country. Whether it is a judge or the people we give lot of attention as we know how much citizens pay attention," the CJI, who will have a tenure of 14 months and will retire on December 2, 2015, said during an informal interaction this evening at his residence with legal reporters.<br /><br />Justice Dattu said work load in the apex court has been on the rise."Be it a bail matter or that of an immoveable property or else we have to be more responsible," he said.<br />Justice Dattu, who is handling the case relating to a plea for keeping CBI Director Ranjit Sinha away from the 2G spectrum scam probe, for his alleged nexus with high- profile accused, said "this is a court which makes no distinction between common man and others".<br /><br />As CJI, Justice Dattu, who will be heading a bench dealing with the issues arising out of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of new state of Telangana, said a judge of the apex court has to work for around 16 hours a day and for him the best stress buster is "carnatic music and usual dose of south Indian coffee".<br /><br />Earlier in the day, at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan,Vice President Hamid Ansari, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar and BJP veteran L K Advani were among those present at the ceremony.<br /><br />Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Rajeev Shulka were the only prominent opposition leaders who attended the programme.<br /><br />Justice Lodha, who retired yesterday as the CJI, senior judges of the Supreme Court, High Court, retired judges and members of the Bar were also present</p>
<p>Justice H L Dattu, who was today sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI), said that he will sit as a "common man" on the Bench and assured citizens that there is no class difference in handling of cases.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I will sit as a common man on the Bench," was how the 42nd CJI described his job as the head of the Judiciary.<br /><br />63-year-old Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu,the senior-most Supreme Court judge, was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<br /><br />He said the judges of the top court are also common people and they know that their job is very responsible as every matter before them is a "serious case" for citizens.<br /><br />"At the end of the day it is the last and final court of the country. Whether it is a judge or the people we give lot of attention as we know how much citizens pay attention," the CJI, who will have a tenure of 14 months and will retire on December 2, 2015, said during an informal interaction this evening at his residence with legal reporters.<br /><br />Justice Dattu said work load in the apex court has been on the rise."Be it a bail matter or that of an immoveable property or else we have to be more responsible," he said.<br />Justice Dattu, who is handling the case relating to a plea for keeping CBI Director Ranjit Sinha away from the 2G spectrum scam probe, for his alleged nexus with high- profile accused, said "this is a court which makes no distinction between common man and others".<br /><br />As CJI, Justice Dattu, who will be heading a bench dealing with the issues arising out of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of new state of Telangana, said a judge of the apex court has to work for around 16 hours a day and for him the best stress buster is "carnatic music and usual dose of south Indian coffee".<br /><br />Earlier in the day, at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan,Vice President Hamid Ansari, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar and BJP veteran L K Advani were among those present at the ceremony.<br /><br />Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Rajeev Shulka were the only prominent opposition leaders who attended the programme.<br /><br />Justice Lodha, who retired yesterday as the CJI, senior judges of the Supreme Court, High Court, retired judges and members of the Bar were also present</p>