Justice Kapadia: right man, right time, right place
Source: http://www.livemint.com/Specials/hDId0qCPi3BqfJnlN2Mc1H/Right-man-right-time-right-place.html At 871 days, chief justice Kapadia has enjoyed one of the longest tenures in recent history as India’s judicial chief. Photo: HT There will be good judges after him, just as there were before him, but few can claim the enviable legacy that Chief Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia will when he retires on Friday after 28 months in office. In part this is because of the timing and circumstances through which Kapadia steered the apex court. He took charge at a time when serious questions were being posed about India’s ability to make the transition from a regime defined around the government’s discretion to one that was transparent and rules-based —akin to that pursued (or sought to be pursued) in industrialized countries. Not only did the Chief Justice serve as the moral anchor to a nation desperate for assurance, he also pronounced judgements that unequivocally emphasised ...