New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud recently refuted claims that he had prayed to god to provide him with guidance regarding the Ayodhya Ram Temple verdict in 2019, emphasising that his prayer and faith teaches him to be evenhanded in judgments.

Appearing on BBC's HARDtalk earlier this week, Chandrachud told journalist Stephen Sackur that claims of him praying to god before passing the judgment were 'incorrect'.

"It's completely incorrect. That's incorrect. That's what has been said in a part of the social media. If you look at social media and try to derive what was said by a judge from social media, you'll get the wrong answers," he said.

Sackur was referring to an alleged statement of the ex-CJI in Oct...