Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju congratulated Justice DY Chandrachud on being appointed as the next Chief Justice Of India
New Delhi: The President of India has appointed Justice DY Chandrachud as the next Chief Justice of India with effect from November 9, 2022. After Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit retires, DY Chandrachud will become the 50th Chief Justice of India.
Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit suggested Justice DY Chandrachud as his successor. He handed over a letter to Justice DY Chandrachud on October 11 morning. In the letter, he designated him as the next CJI.
Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju congratulated Justice DY Chandrachud on being appointed as the next Chief Justice Of India.
He tweeted, “Extending my best wishes to Justice DY Chandrachud for the formal oath taking ceremony on 9th Nov.”
Extending my best wishes to Justice DY Chandrachud for the formal oath taking ceremony on 9th Nov. https://t.co/awrT3UMrFy pic.twitter.com/Nbd1OpEnnq
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) October 17, 2022
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Who is DY Chandrachud?
Son of India’s longest-serving chief justice, YV Chandrachud, Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud completed his LLB at Delhi University. He then studied at Harvard University after receiving the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship. At Harvard, he completed his Masters in Law (LLM) and Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD).
Justice Chandrachud practiced as an advocate in the Supreme Court and the High Courts of Gujarat, Calcutta, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi before becoming a judge of the Bombay High Court.
He appeared before the Company Law Board, the Monopolies & Restricted Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission, the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) Board, and National and State Commissions. He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in 1998.
DY Chandrachud served as the Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 to 2000. As an advocate, Justice Chandrachud’s most significant cases have involved constitutional and administrative law, the rights of HIV+ workers, religious and linguistic minority rights, and labor and industrial laws.
On 13 May 2016, Justice Chandrachud was elevated to Supreme Court. Prior to that, he was Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013.
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