Justice Chandrachud has been part of several landmark rulings
New Delhi:
Judge Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud was sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India today. He was sworn in by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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In his first remarks to the media after his inauguration, Justice Chandrachud said: “Serving ordinary citizens is my priority”, and promised to reform the registration and consultation process. France. He also said: “My deeds, not words, will speak”.
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Justice Chandrachud will serve as head of the Supreme Court for two years – until November 10, 2024. He succeeds Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who held the top post for a short 74-day term.
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Justice Chandrachud was appointed as a judge of the High Court on 13 May 2016. He has participated in several Constitutional seats and landmark rulings, including in the land dispute in Ayodhya and privacy.
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He was also part of the benches that made important rulings on the anonymization of same-sex relationships by partially repealing Section 377 of the IPC, the validity of the Aadhaar plan and the issue of Sabarimala.
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A bench led by Justice Chandrachud passed several orders to ease the suffering people face during the Covid crisis. More recently, a bench headed by him expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP) to include “unmarried women.”
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Justice Chandrachud is the son of late magistrate YV Chandrachud, India’s longest serving Chief Justice, who has been in the top post for seven years.
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Interestingly, Justice Chandrachud, who will be the first Chief Justice whose father is also a person, has twice overturned the rulings led by Justice YV Chandrachud.
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Justice Chandrachud holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from St Stephen’s College. He later completed a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Delhi, a Master of Business Management and a PhD from Harvard Law School in the United States.
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He has practiced law at the Bombay High Court and High Court, and is also a visiting professor of comparative constitutional law at the University of Mumbai.
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He was appointed senior advocate by Bombay High Court in June 1998 and became Additional Solicitor General in the same year until his appointment as judge. Judge Chandrachud had previously served as a judge at Bombay High Court and as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
