“The allegation against Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud is nothing but a scurrilous and malicious attempt to interfere with the functioning of the judiciary and the administration of justice” , the Bar Council of India said in response to the allegations by lawyer RK Pathan who accused Justice Chandrachud of passing orders to help his son’s client.

“The Bar Council of India has strongly deprecated the modus of some people with vested interests for their unsuccessful attempt to tarnish the image of our Supreme Court and/or its judges. Such a growing tendency is really a matter of serious concern for the country and it has to be checked anyhow”, the council said in a statement.

The council also said that the post by Pathan is being made viral by a few deliberately in an attempt to elevate Justice Chandrachuds’ name as the Chief Justice of India.

Speaking about Pathan, the council said, “No details of Pathan are furnished in the complaint, no address or nature of body this man claims to represent is there. The Bar Council of India has been informed by some senior members of the Supreme Court and Bombay High Court Bar that it is the same Rashid Khan Pathan, whom in April, 2020, in a Suo-Moto Contempt Petition, the Supreme Court found guilty of contempt for filing false and baseless complaints against a Judge of the Supreme Court (now retired). The Supreme Court observed the complaints to be scandalous.”

“This act of Pathan is nothing, but a deliberate attempt to malign our Indian judiciary in the eyes of the world. The timing of the complaint clearly exposes the malicious purpose behind this fake and bogus complaint. “