Photo of CJI Chandrachud greeting Amit Shah’s wife is shared with misleading claims.
Screengrab of a video where CJI Chandrachud is seen greeting Amit Shah’s wife is shared with misleading claims.
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Explanation
An image of Chief Justice of India Chandrachud greeting Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah, is circulating widely. In the image, Amit Shah appears to not respond or notice Justice Chandrachud’s greeting. This image is being shared with the intention of ridiculing CJI Chandrachud, criticizing his culture and the state of the Supreme Court CJI. Various posts with mocking captions featuring the image can be seen here, here and here.
हमारे देश के मुख्य न्यायाधीश जस्टिस चंद्रचूड़ बहुत संस्कारी व्यक्ति हैं। pic.twitter.com/YzgKTMavR5
— Prabhakar Kr Mishra (@PMishra_Journo) August 15, 2023
What is the truth?
After reviewing the comments section of the viral posts, it has come to our attention that several comments argue that Amit Shah did greet Justice Chandrachud. One particular comment made by user Pankaj Rai includes a screenshot of an ANI post showing Amit Shah making the ‘Namaste’ gesture.
असली कांग्रेसियों की यही पहचान हैं, सच को हमेशा छुपाते रहते है।
गृह मंत्री अमित शाह जी ने भी CJI का अभिवादन किया परन्तु अपने आप को सच्चा पत्रकार कहने वाले ने वो फ़ोटो अपलोड किया जब CJI ने अमित शाह जी की पत्नी को अभिवादन कर रहे थे तब का । pic.twitter.com/jzNk3iPAWc
— पंकज राय (@Pankajrai_Bagi) August 15, 2023
The translated comment states, “This is the true characteristic of Congressmen, always hiding the truth. Home Minister Amit Shah also greeted CJI, but the person claiming to be a true journalist uploaded the photo when CJI was greeting Amit Shah’s wife.”
Upon further investigation on ANI’s X page, we discovered a video related to the viral image. The video’s caption confirms that CJI DY Chandrachud and Union Home Minister Amit Shah exchanged greetings at the Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations.
#WATCH | CJI DY Chandrachud and Union Home Minister Amit Shah greet each other at Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations pic.twitter.com/3EhYKb9GXC
— ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2023
Within the 10-second video, Amit Shah can be seen greeting Chandrachud at around the 4-second mark. The viral image is a screengrab of this video and the same can be seen at around the 7-second mark when Chandrachud is greeting Amit Shah’s wife.
The same video clip is also found uploaded on ANI Youtube channel.
Conclusion
A closer examination of the video posted by ANI reveals that CJI DY Chandrachud and Union Home Minister Amit Shah did exchange greetings at the Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations. The viral image is a screengrab of the video and is circulated with misleading claims.
