NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud reprimanded a lawyer in the Supreme Court for using the informal language of ‘yeah’ to address the bench. The CJI said that he is allergic to the word and told the lawyer that he was in the courtroom and not in a café.

Chandrachud's remarks were while hearing a plea filed in 2018 seeking an internal inquiry against former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The Chief Justice asked whether this is an Article 32 plea and how can you file a PIL with a judge as a respondent.

The lawyer while responding said ‘Yeah, yeah, the then CJI Rajan Gogoi’. The CJI then said, ‘Don't say yeah, yeah, yeah. Say Yes. This is not a coffee shop. This is a court. I am a little allergic to people saying yeah’.