Justice DY Chandrachud succeeded Uday Umesh Lalit as Chief Justice Of India. President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment.
Chandrachud’s illustrious father YV Chandrachud was the longest-serving CJI (from February 22, 1978 to July 11, 1985). YV Chandrachud was the 16th Chief Justice of India.
About Justice DY Chandrachud
- Born on November 11, 1959.
- Justice DY Chandrachud has served as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 1998.
- He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court in 2013.
- He has been associated with the Bombay High Court.
- He was elevated as a judge in the Supreme Court in 2016.
THE LANDMARK VERDICTS
Justice DY Chandrachud was also part of the benches which delivered path-breaking judgments on decriminalizing same-sex relations after it partially struck down Section 377 of the IPC, the validity of the Aadhaar scheme, and the Sabarimala issue.
CJI DY Chandrachud was part of the five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court that, in a historic ruling on November 9, 2019, unanimously ruled that the disputed site at Ayodhya will go to Hindus and Muslims will get alternative land.
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The senior Chandrachud was among four out of five judges who in 1976 upheld a presidential order to impose an Emergency in the country.
In August 2017, a nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that the Constitution of India guarantees a fundamental right to privacy. Justice Chandrachud was a part of the bench.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud ruled that both married & unmarried women have the right to safe and legal abortion.
Justice Chandrachud overturned the judgments of his own father YV Chandrachud in Adultery and Right to Privacy.