Highlights: Never faced political pressure, says Chief Justice DY Chandrachud at Oxford
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Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud addresses at a two-day conference on 'Technology and Judicial Dialogue', at the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi, April 13, 2024. (PTI: Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
Asked about pressures he may have faced while giving verdicts, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said in his address at the Oxford Union Society that he has never faced a "sense of political pressure from the powers that be" in his 24 years as a judge.
"We live lives which are relatively isolated from the political arm of the government ... but obviously judges have to be conversant with the impact of their decisions on the polity at large. That's not political pressure but an understanding by the court of the likely impact of a decision," he said.
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LIVE news: Never faced political pressure, says Chief Justice DY Chandrachud At Oxford
"We live lives which are relatively isolated from the political arm of the government ... but obviously judges have to be conversant with the impact of their decisions on the polity at large. That's not political pressure but an understanding by the court of the likely impact of a decision," Chief Justice DY Chandrachud at Oxford University.
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First Published: Jun 05 2024 | 11:33 AM IST
