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DY Chandrachud: Was India's top judge an icon or a pushover?

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Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud retired as India ’s 50th chief justice on Sunday .

He said his mind was heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past’ He said: “I find myself pondering: Did I achieve everything I set out to do? How will history judge my tenure? Could I have done things differently? What legacy will I leave?.

Chief Justice Chandrachud also made headlines for what he did not in the court, but outside.

In September , there was uproar over a viral video that showed him praying at home with PM Modi .

Another burst of criticism greeted his comment last month when he said he had asked God for a solution to the vexed Babri Mosque-Ram temple dispute.