Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has said that judges, though not elected, have a very vital role to play because the judiciary has a "stabilising influence" in the evolution of societies which are rapidly changing with technology.
He was responding to the most common criticism that unelected judges should not venture into the executive's domain. He made the remarks while speaking in the 3rd Comparative Constitutional Law discussion co-hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington and the Society for Democratic Rights (SDR), New Delhi on the topic — 'Perspectives from the Supreme Courts of India and the United States'.
