India, Feb. 28 -- Better judges are those who can understand people's problems, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday, adding that a stronger tool for a judge is not the legal knowledge but the desire to understand human life.

Welcoming four newly elevated judges of the Supreme Court at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, CJI said, "While the knowledge of law and the context of its enactment are important, it is ultimately the understanding of people's problems that makes us better lawyers and judges."

The four judges felicitated at the event were justices Satish Chandra Sharma, Augustine George Masih, Sandeep Mehta and PB Varale. While justice Varala, hailing from the Scheduled Cas...