CJI Chandrachud "suffering from delusions of grandeur", he's "the subject matter of vilification & ridicule", "he's seriously eroded office of CJI and image of Supreme Court": Dushyant Dave, former President, Sup Ct Bar Association

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In a scathing and, I might add, no-holds barred criticism of Chief Justice Chandrachud’s revelation that he asked God for a solution of the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhumi dispute and God gave it to him, one of India’s foremost lawyers has said “I have no doubt he’s suffering from delusions of grandeur”. Dushyant Dave said Chief Justice Chandrachud has become “the subject matter of vilification, criticism and ridicule”. He said Chief Justice Chandrachud has “seriously eroded the office of the Chief Justice of India and the image of the Supreme Court of India”.



In a 20-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dushyant Dave, a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, called Chief Justice Chandrachud’s statement “shocking” and “deeply disappointing”. He said it “reflects poorly on his intellect and on his calibre as a judge”. He said it was “an irresponsible statement”.



Mr. Dave said the Chief Justice has “not adhered to constitutional dharma”. He said the Ayodhya judgement he delivered is therefore “a travesty of justice”. He called it “a scarred judgement”.



Mr. Dave said of the Chief Justice “people are poking fun at him”. He added “he leaves behind a very poor image about this man”. Mr. Dave said “history will judge him poorly”.



Accusing the Chief Justice of “loving publicity”, Mr. Dave was also extremely critical of the Chief Justice’s earlier decision to invite the Prime Minister to his home for aarti.



Mr. Dave said that both the claim God had given him the solution and the invitation to the Prime Minister to do aarti at his home are a clear sign the Chief Justice is looking for a post-retirement job from the government and he doesn’t care if people realize that.



Here is the link to the interview:


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