Tag: DY Chnadrachud

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Thursday said the government cannot justify the “means” used to abrogate Article 370 from the Constitution and erase Jammu and Kashmir as a full-fledged State in August 2019 by simply pointing to the “ends”.“We cannot postulate a situation that ends justify the means… Means must be consistent with the ends,” Chief Justice Chandrachud said.The Chief Justice, heading a Constitution Bench, reminded the government that while persuasion, real politick and the genius of Sardar Vallabhai Patel drew 562 princely States to the...