“If a judge of Supreme Court can pool cars (with brother judges), it sends a message to the people that we have no problem”, he said. “Whether he is in Kanyakumari or in Kashmir, if there is a deviant behaviour we will take note of it”.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been facing criticism from all the opposition parties, thanked Justice Thakur for his support and said that this would provide inspiration to millions of others. “It is not a sacrifice but a small attempt to motivate people”.
Asked about the conduct of Justice C.S. Karnan of the Madras high court sending complaints against the high court Chief Justice to the President and the National Commission for SC/ST, the CJI said “I am not going into the individual judges”.
As Delhi government is working out the modalities for implementation of odd-even number formula, it will be mandatory for all ministers and officers to follow the rule.
A decision to ration road space was announced on Friday by the Delhi government after the Delhi High Court warned that the capital was becoming a virtual gas chamber.
“We will be very intolerant towards deviant behaviour, bribery and corruption”.
In response to a specific query as to how the CJI will follow it, Justice Thakur also said he could share the auto with his next door neighbour judge Justice A K Sikri.
Reacting to CJI’s support, Delhi CM tweeted, “CJI’s support 2 odd even formula is welcome n huge encouragement. Personally, I would like to wait for the judgement”, Justice Thakur said during an informal interaction with media persons at his official residence. “Thank u My Lords (sic)”.
It will do so by allowing cars with odd and even licence plates to run on alternate days. “I also raised the issue with the Prime Minister, who told me he had also spoken on the side effects of this practice in his “Mann Ki Baat”, he said. I see no problem in the even-odd vehicle number system.
Justice Thakur said he was aware of growing feeling that death penalty should not be given even in rarest of rare cases “but as long as it is there in the statute book, death penalty will remain”.
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Describing judges as a valuable “human resource”, he said they could be used even after their retirement.
