India, Dec. 6 -- A predictable timeline for deciding cases and a unified national policy for disposing pending cases in the Supreme Court will be his first priority, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said at the HT Leadership Summit on Saturday.

Disclosing his roadmap as the head of the judiciary after taking over as the 53rd CJI on November 24, CJI Surya Kant also underlined that the ordinary litigant would be his focus. "On reforms, I want to send a clear and strong message that the Supreme Court is also meant for the common man. Any ordinary litigant will also have sufficient space and time in the Supreme Court," he said in a free-wheeling conversation with HT's national legal editor, Utkarsh Anand, on diverse issues concerning ...