'Very Erection Of Babri Masjid Was A Fundamental Act Of Desecration':https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/very-erection-of-babri-masjid-was-a-fundamental-act-of-desecration-ex-cji-dy-chandrachud-contradicts-ayodhya-judgment-finding-305100 Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud Contradicts Ayodhya Judgment Finding Gursimran Kaur Bakshi 25 Sept 2025 the former CJI said: "There was adequate evidence from the archaeological excavation. Now, what the evidentiary value of an archaeological excavation is what a separate issue altogether. All that I want to say really is this, there is evidence in the form of an archaeological report."
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He followed a clear trajectory.
Before becoming the CJI was known for his bold liberal stands.
Had called the passing of the Aadhaar Act as a "moneybill" to bypass the RS a "travesty". (In retrospect, he had very well known that he was passing a minority judgement having little significance other than brushing up his image further.)
Then came the shocker: the Ayodhya judgement. Even there he interjected some positive elements. Asserted that the "findings" of ASI are far from any conclusive proof and for that matter there was no conclusive proof.
As the CJI Would mix grossly bad judgements with some good ones:
Teesta Setalvad and Rahul Gandhi. Very good optics. In the case of Mahua Moitra -- nothing of that sort.
Arguably his grotesquely ugliest judgement was his pronouncement that it's kosher for the Parliament to assume the powers exclusively reserved for a state legislature to maintain the desired power balance and the federal element in the Indian Constitution if the Union Government manages to dismiss the state legislature.
Then he invited the largest litigant in his Court -- the Prime Minister of India -- to religious function at home to give him an extra edge in the coming Maharashtra.
As the Master of the Roster, he kept assigning the sensitive cases to handpicked nastiest available at that point of time.
Immediately after retirement he'd go ahead to set a new record by proclaiming that the Ayodhya judgement had sought for divine endorsement.