A music lover. A cricket lover. An economics student. And now the Chief Justice of India. This is the story of DY Chandrachud.
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00:00I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
00:30I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
01:00I studied economics and mathematics.
01:30I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
01:37I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
01:44Make no mistake, being accepting and tolerant of the opinions of others by no means translates into blind conformity and it does not mean not standing up against hate speech.
02:14I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
02:44I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
02:49I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
02:54I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
02:59I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
03:04I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
03:08While the decriminalization of Section 377 of the Penal Code has enabled queer people to emerge as legally empowered citizens and demand their rights rightfully and proudly,
03:25structural changes are still needed to ensure that we are able to extend these positive legal effects to marginalized queer people who continue to face intersecting oppressions.
03:55I do believe that there is still time until the Constitution bids me farewell.
04:24We are not necessarily trained to be compassionate but compassion is a matter of your instinct.
04:31You take out compassion from judging and you would be left only with the husk, so to speak, of judging.
04:39The essence of judging is compassion.
04:49My interactions with them continue to give me new perspectives, whether it is through the suggestion of a new movie or book or by actively seeking new solutions to old problems.
05:05One of the reasons for Tariq Pe Tariq as one of the Hindi films…
05:10Sunny Deol. You don't expect a Supreme Court Justice to quote Sunny Deol.
05:16One of the reasons for that is I think there has to be a change in the mindset on the part of lawyers as well.
05:24So often, you know, in the Supreme Court, even in the Supreme Court, a lot of these judges find that it's far easier to decide a case than it is sometimes to get a lawyer to argue a case.
05:37This I speak of the Supreme Court where we have a degree of authority because we are the final court.
05:43You can imagine what is the plight of a civil judge junior division sitting in a remote part of the country.
05:49I will make people believe in my work. Not just in words, but in my work.