However bad a Constitution may be, it may turn out to be good if those responsible for its functioning happen to be a "good lot," Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said while citing B R Ambedkar and hailing his idea of constitutionalism as being responsible for dismantling deeply entrenched caste hierarchy in India.

The CJI made the observations during his keynote address at the Sixth International Conference on the 'Unfinished Legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar' at the Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, in the US on Sunday.