New Delhi. Former Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has strongly hit back at the allegations of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. While talking to news agency ANI, former Chief Justice Chandrachud clearly said that the Chief Justice, not any person or party, will decide which case the Supreme Court will give priority to hearing. DY Chandrachud said that the real problem is that a political class feels that only if you follow my agenda, you are free.
Former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud gave examples of UP Madrassa Act, minority related cases of Aligarh Muslim University and many more cases and said that we should continue to settle fundamental and constitutional matters in 2024. The former Chief Justice talked about disposal of 38 cases related to the Constitution Bench. He said that if we do not work even for a minute in the time we got for work, then you can criticize. DY Chandrachud also said that we heard many such issues, in which there were cases of benches of 9, 7 and 5 judges. He raised the question whether now a person from any one party will decide which case should be heard by the Supreme Court? DY Chandrachud said that all the constitutional cases are pending for 20 years. It can also be said that why are fresh cases being heard instead of these old cases? If old cases are heard, the court is accused of not taking fresh cases.
Let us tell you that after the defeat of Mahavikas Aghadi in Maharashtra Assembly elections, Sanjay Raut had taken the name of former Chief Justice and alleged that he withheld the decision on Shiv Sena issue. Apart from Sanjay Raut, many users on social media had also made the same allegations against DY Chandrachud. At the same time, before this, the former Chief Justice had clearly said twice that the Supreme Court cannot do the work of opposition in Parliament or Assembly. The job of the Supreme Court is to see whether the executive is working under the Constitution or not.
