Grave danger in perceiving judges as deities

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday cautioned about the dangers of perceiving courts as “temples of justice” and “judges as deities” and said that judges should look at themselves as “servers of the people.”

“There is a grave danger when people say that courts are temples of justice. There is a grave danger that we perceive ourselves as deities in these temples. I am a little reticent when I am told that this is a temple of justice because the temple postulates that judges are in the position of deity,” the CJI said at an event in Kolkata.

He said he would rather recast the role of “judges as servers of people” who brought in compassion and empathy.

Delivering the keynote address at the two-day East Zone II regional conference of the National Judicial Academy, CJI Chandrachud touched on the issue of “constitutional morality” that paves the way for conditions that respect diversity, promote inclusion and pursue tolerance.

He said that he would rather recast the role of “judges as servers of people” who brought in compassion and empathy.

Delivering the keynote address at the two-day East Zone II regional conference of the National Judicial Academy, CJI Chandrachud touched on the issue of “constitutional morality” that paves the way for conditions that respect diversity, promote inclusion and pursue tolerance.

He said that he would rather recast the role of “judges as servers of people” who brought in compassion and empathy.

Delivering the keynote address at the two-day East Zone II regional conference of the National Judicial Academy, CJI Chandrachud touched on the issue of “constitutional morality” that paves the way for conditions that respect diversity, promote inclusion and pursue tolerance.