Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud served his last judgement at the Supreme Court, before officially stepping down from the post, making way for his successor-Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The judgment, delivered on November 6 by a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, directly challenged the state’s use of demolitions as a means of reprisal, a practice that often sidelines established legal procedures.
