Kolkata: When Hon’ble Mr Justice Sanjib Banerjee took over as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court in January this year, he sent out an important message: ‘‘I am a judge first, and a Chief Justice later.’’ The way he tore into the Election Commission of India on Monday, holding it responsible for the second Covid wave in the election-bound states by allowing the political parties to stage rallies in his observation while hearing a public interest petition filed by M.R. Vijayabaskar, Tamil Nadu transport minister and AIADMK candidate from Karur - showed the 59-year-old judge has his heart in the right place. ‘‘Were you (living) on another planet?,’’ the bench comprising of Chief Justice Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy asked about the commission officials.