'We're Here To Do A Constitutional Duty, Not To Please Anyone' : CJI DY Chandrachud

Padmakshi Sharma

20 Feb 2023 3:54 PM IST

  • Were Here To Do A Constitutional Duty, Not To Please Anyone : CJI DY Chandrachud

    "We are here to do a constitutional duty and not to please you or anyone", Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud told PIL petitioner Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, while dismissing a petition filed by him seeking uniform age of marriage for men and women.What irked the CJI was a comment made by Upadhyay- "What was the point of transferring this to Supreme Court?". The Court had transferred...

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