CJI didn’t actually ride bike, clarify sources

New Delhi, June 29

A day after Chief Justice of India SA Bobde’s picture showing him riding a luxurious bike in Nagpur went viral on social media, it has turned out that he didn’t actually ride it.

Sources privy to the incident said the CJI didn’t ride the bike and just sat on it to have a feel of the machine. He didn’t even know who its owner was, they said.

As the CJI’s picture sitting on a “Limited Edition CVO 2020” Harley Davidson went viral on social media, advocate Prashant Bhushan questioned him saying he neither wore a mask nor a helmet.

“The CJI rides a Rs 50 lakh motorcycle belonging to a BJP leader at Raj Bhawan, Nagpur, without a mask or helmet, at a time when he keeps the SC in lockdown mode denying citizens their fundamental right to access justice,” Bhushan tweeted.

A bike dealer had sent the machine and he sat on it while out to participate in a tree plantation programme in his hometown Nagpur. A known bike lover, CJI Bobde was desirous of buying a Harley Davidson after his retirement, they said. — TNS