Srinagar, Nov 10:
As Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud steps down, MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi expressed a sharp critique of his judicial legacy, particularly highlighting decisions that, in his view, compromised constitutional integrity.
Mehdi recalled the Babri Masjid judgment, in which CJI Chandrachud, despite recognizing the criminal nature of the mosque’s demolition, awarded the disputed site to the party associated with the act.
Mehdi argues that such a decision risks deepening divisions by, as he put it, allowing a deity associated with one faith to influence the court’s verdict beyond constitutional principles.
For Jammu and Kashmir, Mehdi emphasized a lingering disappointment with Chandrachud’s stance on Article 370, where his ruling upheld the Modi government’s contentious revocation, effectively validating what Mehdi views as an unconstitutional move that eroded J&K’s special status and the sovereign assurances made to its people.