DY Chandrachud said he believes that even after one retires as a judge or a Chief Justice, people continue looking up to them from that perspective.

India’s 50th Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, known also for his many pithy statements, leaves an imprint all his own on the annals of legal history. Justice Sanjiv Khanna replaced him on Monday.

A peak at the social media would show that trolls questioning CJI Chandrachud's legacy are evenly spread across Right, Left and Centre. Probably, a mark of a neutrality and fairness or probably not. But,

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud warned against the danger of selective demolitions as acts of reprisal and called for accountability of state officials involved in such actions. He argued that this unlawful 'bulldozer justice' should lead to disciplinary and criminal actions.