Who Is Justice DY Chandrachud? SC Judge And Son Of Ex-CJI Who Is Now Set To Become 50th Chief Justice Of India

Justice DY Chandrachud is expected to become the 50th Chief Justice of India after the elevation was proposed.

Justice D Y Chandrachud.

Source : PTI

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit on Tuesday suggested the name of Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud as his successor for the coveted post. Justice DY Chandrachud is expected to become the 50th Chief Justice of India after the elevation was proposed.

The official statement was made by CJI Lalit after he asked all judges to meet in the judges' lounge today. On August 27, 2022, Justice Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. On November 8, he will step down.

Know About Justice D Y Chandrachud:

Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud earned his LLB from Delhi University. After earning the coveted Inlaks Scholarship, he went on to study at Harvard University. He earned his Masters in Law (LLM) and Doctorate in Juridical Sciences at Harvard (SJD).

His father Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud was the 16th Chief Justice of India, serving from February 22, 1978, till July 11, 1985. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of India on August 28, 1972. He was the longest-serving Chief Justice in India's history, having served for 7 years and 4 months.

Before becoming a judge of the Bombay High Court, Chandrachud worked as a lawyer in the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Gujarat, Calcutta, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi. He testified before the Company Law Board, the Monopolies and Restricted Trade Practices Commission, the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) Board, and several national and state commissions.

In 1998, the Bombay High Court appointed him as Senior Advocate.

From 1998 to 2000, he was India's Additional Solicitor General. Justice Chandrachud's most notable cases as an advocate have addressed constitutional and administrative law, the rights of HIV+ employees, religious and linguistic minority rights, and labour and industrial regulations.

He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000. On October 31, 2013, he took his oath as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.

On May 13, 2016, he was appointed as a Judge to the Supreme Court of India.