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Justice Uday Umesh Lalit took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India a day after Justice N V Ramana demitted office.
Justice Lalit will have a short tenure of under three months. He will demit office on November 8.
Justice Lalit, who became the second CJI to be directly elevated to the apex court bench from the Bar, had on Friday highlighted the three areas, saying he would strive hard to ensure that at least one Constitution bench was functioning in the top court throughout the year.
Justice S M Sikri, who became the 13th CJI in January 1971, was the first lawyer to be elevated directly to the top court bench in March 1964.
In his farewell speech for the day, Justice Ramana said the needs of the judiciary were different from those of the rest.
He said unless the bar was willing to extend its whole-hearted cooperation, it would be difficult to bring in necessary changes.
“The juniors who entered the profession look up to the seniors as their role models. I request all the seniors to guide them to be on the right path,” he said.
The CJI said Indian judiciary has grown with time and it cannot be defined or judged by one single order or judgement.
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