Only asset I possess is integrity: Justice S H Kapadia

Kochi, May 11 (PTI) Newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Justice S H Kapadia, has said the only asset he possesses is integrity and hopes to fulfil the Constitutional obligations to achieve the goal of "inclusive growth."

"I come from a poor family. I started my career as a class IV employee and the only asset I possess is integrity", Justice Kapadia said in a letter written to former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer on May 3.

Justice Kapadia, successor to Justice K G Balakrishnan who demits office today, said, "Even as a judge of the Supreme Court, I have used my knowledge of accounts and economics for the welfare of the downtrodden including tribals and workmen...