New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) A day before he took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice U.U. Lalit laid down broad contours on his properties as CJI, showing his willingness to accelerate the wheels of justice in the Supreme Court.

Though Justice Lalit started on a high note, he will have a herculean task to undertake in a 74-day tenure  from appointment of judges to resuming proceedings on cases raising key constitutional questions. He has century old-legacy, his father and grandfather were lawyers, to draw inspiration from to tackle some of the most far-reaching cases, which challenge constitutional validity of key government decisions — abrogation of Article 370, amendment to the Citizenship Act, among others. 

Justice Lalit plans to begin with listing constitutional bench cases after a long hiatus, and also to address daily squabbles between lawyers and registry, as he plans to come out with a regime for free mentioning of urgent cases before concerned benches.  At CJI N V Ramana’s farewell on Friday, Justice Lalit said, “I have always believed that the role of the Supreme Court is to lay down law with clarity. The best way to do it is having larger benches, so that issues get clarified immediately, so that there is consistency and people are well aware of what are contours of peculiar positions of law.”