Chief Justice of India-designate Justice UU Lalit on Friday highlighted three areas on which he intends to work during his 74-day tenure as the head of the judiciary and said he would strive hard to ensure that at least one constitution bench is functioning in the Supreme Court throughout the year.
Justice Lalit, who will become the 49th CJI on Saturday, said the other two areas are — listing cases for hearing in the top court and mentioning urgent matters.
Speaking at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) to bid farewell to outgoing CJI N V Ramana, Justice Lalit said he has always believed that role of the top court is to lay down law with clarity and the best possible way to do it is to have larger benches as early as possible so that the issues get clarified immediately.
“So, we will strive hard to say that yes, we will always have at least one constitution bench functioning all throughout the year,” he said.
Justice Lalit said one of the areas in which he intends to work is about the listing of cases before the constitution benches and matters which are specially referred to three-judge benches.
On the issue of listing of matters, he said, “….I must assure you that we will strive hard to make the listing as simple, as clear, and as transparent as possible”.