CJI DY Chandrachud bids farewell to Supreme Court

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud bid an emotional farewell on his last working day as a judge of the Supreme Court on Friday, saying that there is no greater feeling than being able to serve those in need, especially people whom he had never met.

Sharing a customary ceremonial bench with CJI-designate Sanjiv Khanna and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, the 50th Chief Justice of India, who is to retire on 10 November, reflected on the journey of a judge, calling it both a privilege and a responsibility. He expressed a deep sense of fulfillment, not only for the work accomplished but for the opportunity to serve the country.

"You asked me what keeps me going. It is this court which has kept me going, because there is not a single day when you feel that you have not learned something, that you have not had an opportunity to serve the society.

"And there is no greater feeling than being able to serve those in need and the people you would never meet, people you possibly do not even know, people whose lives you have the ability to affect without ever having seen them," Mr Chandrachud said.