From Ayodhya verdict to upholding Article 370 abrogation: CJI Chandrachud on historic SC judgements | 10 points
CJI Chandrachud addressed some of the contentious verdicts of the Supreme Court. 1. More than four years after the historic Ayodhya verdict in 2019, DY Chandrachud, who was part of the 5-judge bench said that the judges had unanimously decided that there would be no authorship ascribed to the judgment.
2. "When the five-judge bench sat to deliberate on the judgment as we all do before a Judgement is pronounced, we all decided unanimously that this will be a judgment of the court. And, therefore, there was no authorship ascribed to any individual judge," the CJI said on the Ayodhya verdict.
3. While addressing the concerns around the collegium system of appointment of judges, DY Chandrachud said that the court has taken appropriate steps to ensure greater transparency. 4.
“To say that the collegium system is lacking in transparency would not be correct. We have taken steps to ensure that greater transparency is maintained. A sense of objectivity in the decision-making process is maintained.
But I must also share something and that's my caveat. When we consider judges for appointment to the Supreme Court, we are dealing with the careers of the sitting judges of the High Court. Therefore the deliberations that take place within the collegium can't be put out in the public realm for a variety of reasons," the CJI said.
5. CJI Chandrachud said he does not regret the Supreme Court's decision in the same-sex marriage case and added that the outcome of a case is never personal to a judge. "I leave it for the future of our society to judge which course to take," he said.
6. "One thing which our training teaches us is that once you deliver a judgment in a case, you kind of distance yourself from the outcome. Outcomes are never, in
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