The Supreme Court on Monday denied a social media post along with a photograph of the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud urging the public to protest against the authorities and termed the same as “fake, ill-intended and mischievous”.

The Supreme Court’s official spokesperson and additional registrar Rakesh Sharma, in a statement issued here while denying the report, said appropriate action is being taken in this regard with the law enforcement authorities.

“It has come to the notice of the Supreme Court of India that a social media post (invoking the public to protest against authorities) using a file photograph and falsely quoting the Chief Justice of India is being circulated. The post is fake, ill-intended and mischievous. No such post has been issued by the Chief Justice of India nor has he authorised any such post. Appropriate action is being taken in this regard with the law enforcement authorities,” the statement said.

However, sources refrained from identifying the social media platform on which the said fake post was made.