Social media users, who follow court proceedings, often fail to differentiate between oral remarks made by judges during court proceedings and the actual order passed by courts, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said on Tuesday.,.Justice Chandrachud emphasised that observations by judges could be corrected by lawyers as well, and the same were merely dialogues during hearings."Social media thinks that every time we say something that's the judgment. Lawyers can correct us also, it's only for a dialogue," the judge remarked while hearing a plea by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking to amend its Constitution..The proposed amendments seeks to do away with the mandatory cooling-off period between tenures of office bearers across State cricket associations and the BCCI..The amendments sought by the BCCI include changes to the cooling-off period so that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah can continue in office.The Supreme Court had in July appointed Senior Counsel and former Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh as Amicus Curiae in the case.Read more about today's hearing here.
