DY Chandrachud Refutes Claims Of Praying To God Before Ayodhya Ram Mandir Judgment, Says 'Completely Incorrect'

(MENAFN- Live Mint) Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud recently refuted claims that he had prayed to god to provide him with guidance regarding the Ayodhya RAM Temple verdict in 2019, emphasising that his prayer and faith teaches him to be evenhanded in judgments.

Appearing on BBC's HARDtalk earlier this week, Chandrachud told journalist Stephen Sackur that claims of him praying to god before passing the judgment were 'incorrect'.

“It's completely incorrect. That's incorrect. That's what has been said in a part of the social media. If you look at social media and try to derive what was said by a judge from social media, you'll get the wrong answers,” he said.

Sackur was referring to an alleged statement of the ex-CJI in October 2024, before his retirement.

“Very often we have cases but we don't arrive at a solution. Something similar happened during the Ayodhya which was in front of me for three months. I sat before the deity and told him he needs to find a solution,” he reportedly told a gathering at his native Kanhersar village.

A five-judge bench headed by Ranjan Gogoi in November 2019 paved the way for construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on the site of the now-demolished Babri Masjid . Chandrachud was part of the bench.

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Talking to Sackur, Chandrachud said that while he is a man of faith, the Indian Constitution does not require one to be an atheist to become a judge.

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