"Judges Must Retire So Successors Can Point Out Errors Of The Past": Chief Justice

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said succeeding generations can rejig legal principles for society to evolve.

Judges must retire so the succeeding generations point out errors of the past and rejig legal principles for society to evolve, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said on Saturday.

Sharing his perspective on the retirement age of judges at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Justice Chandrachud said while the American constitution has no age of retirement for judges, in India, judges retire after a particular age.

The CJI said it would be "too much of a responsibility" cast on human beings in terms of their own infallibility by postulating that they should not retire from office.