Unemployed”: Chief Justice DY Chandrachud’s Parting Dig At Trolls

New Delhi: 

Outgoing Chief Justice DY Chandrachud – who demits office today – took a gentle dig at his many trolls, declaring, “I am, probably, one of the most trolled judges… and, in a lighter vein, am wondering what will happen from Monday?! All those who trolled me will be unemployed!”

The exiting Chief Justice was, indeed, the subject of several troll attacks during his time in office, including a recent experience when he was criticised for shifting in his seat, to alleviate pain in his back. He said he had been subject to “vicious abuse… trolling (and) the knives were out”.

“But my shoulders are broad enough…” he chuckled.

Chief Justice Chandrachud, who assumed office on November 9, 2022, bid farewell to his position today after his two-year term ended. As he did so, he looked back on his period in office, during which he delivered several landmark verdicts, including challenges to the government scrapping Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the electoral bonds case.