Bhima Koregaon case: Justice DY Chandrachud dissents against majority judgment, says 'voice of Opposition can't be muzzled'

File image of Justice Chandrachud. Screengrab from YouTube[/caption]On the issue of maintainability, Chandrachud opined that "technicalities cannot be allowed to override substantive justice".“If the court does not stand by liberty, dignity, and dissent, it may as well compose a requiem for these rights,” he remarked. Noting that the arrests had infringed the dignity of individuals, he ordered for a SIT probe.Referring to the press conference held by the Pune Police immediately after an interim order in the case was passed by the Supreme Court, Chandrachud said that it was an attempt to selectively leak information and termed it “disconcerting”.He also referred to the letter allegedly written by activist Sudha Bhardwaj and noted that since it was flashed on a TV channel, thus, such selective disclosure of probe details could cast a cloud on the fairness of the investigation.Chandrachud had earlier dissented in a landmark judgment in the verdict for Aadhaar's constitutional legality. Interestingly, with his judgement on the adultery law on Thursday, he overruled the judgment of his father YV Chandrachud, a former CJI, for the second time; the first being in the case of Right to Privacy.