MUMBAI: The new Chief Justice of India, Bhushan Gavai, on Sunday said he was glad that the country not only became strengthened but also developed on the social and economic justice front. He stressed that neither the judiciary nor the executive, but the Constitution of India was supreme, and its pillars must work together. He was speaking at his felicitation function organised by the State Bar Council.He took oath as the 52nd Chief Justice of India this week.However, his maiden visit since taking oath to the highest office at the top court was not without bureaucratic hiccups. Chief Justice Gavai said, “Only one thing I want to say at this point is we say there are three pillars of democracy, and they are equal, and every organ of the institution must reciprocate and give respect to other organs.” “If the Chief Secretary of the state, DGP, or Mumbai Police Commissioner do not want to come to receive when the Chief Justice of India, who is from Maharashtra, has arrived for the first time, it’s up to them to think about it. I’m not insisting on protocol, but it’s a respect by other organs of the institution to the judiciary. When a chief of an organ of the Constitution is coming for the first time to the state, and when he too belongs to the said state, whether the treatment they gave was right or not, they themselves should think.I don’t want to go much into small things. But I mentioned it because people should know,” he further added.Regarding his various tasks visiting different areas in Maharashtra and the country, he said, “We also recently visited Manipur and assured both warring communities that the country is with you and justice is at your doorstep, so avail it.” He stressed that the country’s basic structure was strong, and all three pillars of the Constitution were equal. The event also saw the release of a book chronicling 50 remarkable judgments pronounced by Justice Gavai.