Justice Chandrachud’s term as chief justice of India (CJI) was riddled with ‘serious mistakes’ according to Justice Madan Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court and presently a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji.
Justice Lokur identified about seven mistakes, which ranged across CJI’s Chandrachud’s term. He also spoke of his performance on the administrative side as well as the things he said while occupying the post.
Of the judgements which contained “serious mistakes”, Justice Lokur mentioned the judgement on Article 370, which also covered the demotion of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a Union Territory; the electoral bond judgement; the failure to take up the Citizenship Amendment Act and an earlier judgement which we now know Justice Chandrachud authored i.e. the Ayodhya Judgement. In each case, Justice Lokur identified critical areas where necessary and required follow-up action and decisions were not taken.
