There are, no doubt, that CJI know about wide spread misuse of IPC Section 498 (A), his statement suggests that misuse is at much wider scale. But it is rather very serious that he did nothing to stop this misuse. This send wrong signals and encouraging the "Legal Terrorists". Indian Tax payers pay him to protect their consitutional rights and civil librities. The Chief Justice of India is responsible for the suffering, wrongful confinement, illegal detention and false criminal litigations imposed on every indian due to this misuse of law. This act of utter incompetence and encouragement of legal terrorism at the hands of head of indian judiciary should never be tolerated by the public, and he must be held accountable for it.
These headless chickens when take oath of office, they say:
I, [name], having been appointed Chief Justice (or a Judge) of the High Court at (or of) ... do swear (or affirm) that the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of my ability, knowledge and judgment perform the duties of my office without fear or favour, affection or ill-will and that I will uphold the Constitution and the laws.
The CJI has clearly failed to uphold the Constitution and the laws, for which he is appointend by the indian public. He should admit that he is not fit for the job and should resign from the top post without wasting any more money of indian TAX payers. A hard working nation like india need competent people for top jobs to build a healthy and prosperous nation not just for themselves but for their coming generations.