Dhananjaya y. chandrachud

The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession is pleased to present its highest professional distinction, the Center on the Legal Profession Award for Global Leadership, to Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, the newly appointed chief justice of the India Supreme Court. Justice Chadrachud, who became chief justice in November 2022, holds an LLM and an SJD from Harvard Law School. He previously served on the Bombay High Court and Allahabad High Court. Before entering the judiciary, he worked for Sullivan & Cromwell, as a senior advocate before the Bombay High Court, and as an Additional Solicitor General of India. In 2017, Chandrachud In bestowing the 2022 award, David Wilkins, CLP faculty director, remarked: “I know how much India, and indeed the world, need Justice Chandrachud’s leadership, particularly on issues such as the mental health and the well-being of lawyers which he spoke about so eloquently at our conference in 2017 – long before the global pandemic placed this issue in the forefront of the profession’s consciousness.” In receiving this award, Justice Chandrachud will join a select group of past recipients, including Samantha Power (former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations under President Obama and current head of the Agency for International Development), Brad Smith (Vice-Chair and President of Microsoft), the late Vernon Jordan (who throughout his distinguished career served as the President of the National Urban League, Senior Managing Dire...

Era of CJI Chandrachud begins: From Section 377 to Ayodhya, the new chief justice has been part of landmark judgments Justice DY Chandrachud, who has been sworn in as India's 50th Chief Justice of India, has been known for his often liberal and dissenting views. He will serve as the head of the Supreme Court for two years — until 10 November 2024 Supreme Court verdict on Right to Privacy: Kudos to top court but idea of Aadhaar cannot die Right to Privacy: Aadhaar should have a 'privacy by design' architecture to prevent any scope for misuse of data After taking his oath in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu, CJI DY Chandrachud paid tribute to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Supreme Court and was quoted as saying, “To serve the nation is my priority. We'll protect all the citizens of India, be it in terms of technology or registry reforms, or judicial reforms.” Son of India’s longest-serving CJI Born on 11 November 1959, Justice DY Chandrachud is the son of India’s longest-serving Chief Justice Yashwant Vishu Chandrachud. His mother Prabha was a classical musician. He went to Mumbai’s Cathedral and John Connon School and then graduated from Delhi’s prestigious St Stephen’s College. He studied law at Delhi University and secured a master’s degree from Harvard Law School in the United States. He also completed a doctorate in judicial science from the institution. At the age of 39, he was one of India’s youngest lawyers to be designated a senior advocate. In 1998, Justi...

By India Today Web Desk: Justice DY Chandrachud, in his latest judgment, overturned his father Justice YV Chandrachud's 1985 ruling that held the adultery law to be constitutionally valid. Justice DY Chandrachud said Section 497 destroyed women's dignity and self-respect as it treated them as their husbands' chattel and offended their sexual freedom. However, this is not the first time that Justice DY Chandrachud has overturned rulings that were ancient and meaningless in today's time. He overruled his father's 1976 ruling according to which right to privacy was not a fundamental right for the citizens of India. Justice DY Chandrachud has also delivered judgments that have made a great difference to our society. Rulings that have changed many people's lives. Here's all you need to know about the man: • Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud was born in 1959 and is the son of YV Chandrachud, the longest-serving Chief Justice of India. • He completed his LLB from Delhi University and went to Harvard for his LLM. • DY Chandrachud was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India on May 13, 2016, by the then President Pranab Mukherjee. He will be in office until 2024. • Justice Chandrachud was also the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from October 31, 2013, until appointment to the Supreme Court. • Before this, he was also a judge in the Bombay High Court from March 29, 2000. • Justice Chandrachud was also appointed as the director of the Maharashtra Judicial Acade...

Assumed office 9 November 2022 Appointed by Prime Minister Preceded by Judge of the In office 13 May 2016–8 Novenmber 2022 Nominated by Appointed by Chief Justice of the In office 31 October 2013–12 May 2016 Nominated by Appointed by Judge of the In office 29 March 2000–30 October 2013 Nominated by Appointed by Personal details Born ( 1959-11-11) 11 November 1959 (age63) Spouse(s) Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is an Indian jurist, who is serving as the (ex officio) of the The only child of India's longest-serving Chief Justice, He has been part of benches that delivered Early life and education [ ] Dhananjaya Chandrachud was born in the prominent After attending the Career [ ] Chandrachud studied law at He became a judge at the Bombay High Court on 29 March 2000 and served there as a judge until his appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. During this time, he was also Director of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy. He was chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Apart from his judicial service, Justice Chandrachud was also a visiting professor of comparative constitutional law at the Notable judgments [ ] During his Supreme Court service, he has been on the highest number of constitution benches (five judges or more) constituted to hear matters on constitutional questions. Right to Privacy [ ] Among his notable judgments is his lead opinion in Dignity cannot exist without privacy. Both...

On January 11, 2023, Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession (CLP) hosted a conversation with Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud upon his appointment as the 50th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (effective November 2022). Professor David Wilkins, CLP Faculty Director, also presented Chief Justice Chandrachud with the CLP Award for Global Leadership in recognition of his lifetime of service to the legal profession in India and around the world. The event included a conversation between Professor Wilkins and Chief Justice Chandrachud, as well as commentary from Vikramaditya S. Khanna, William W. Cook Professor of Law, University of Michigan School of Law. During the event, Chief Justice Chandrachud spoke eloquently about issues such as mental health, legal education, access to justice, technology, affirmative action, and more. He credited his time at Harvard Law School as an LLM and SJD student with giving him a “deep appreciation for the conceptual dimensions of rights and jurisprudence.” Speaking to his belief that technology has the capacity to democratize the justice system, he said, “Technology gives us an opportunity to replace the colonial model of justice, which was that citizens must reach out to justice, and replace that with a model where justice services across the country reach out to citizens.” He likewise called for a reconsideration of many aspects of the global legal profession, including calling on western countries to look beyond their own ju...

• In his first statements to the media after the swearing-in ceremony, Justice Chandrachud said, "Serving the ordinary citizen is my priority," and promised reforms in registry and judicial processes.He told NDTV, "My work, not words, will speak." • Justice Chandrachud will serve as the head of the Supreme Court for two years -- till November 10, 2024. He succeeds Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who was at the top post for a short tenure of 74 days. • Justice Chandrachud was elevated as a Supreme Court judge on May 13, 2016. He has been part of several Constitution benches and landmark verdicts, including in the Ayodhya land dispute and the right to privacy. • He was also part of the benches that delivered crucial judgments on decriminalising same-sex relations by partially striking down Section 377 of the IPC, the validity of Aadhaar scheme and the Sabarimala issue. • A Justice Chandrachud-led bench had passed several orders to relieve miseries faced by people during the Covid crisis. More recently, a bench headed by him expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to include "unmarried woman". • Justice Chandrachud is the son of late Justice YV Chandrachud, the longest-serving Chief Justice Of India who was at the top post for seven years. • Interestingly, Justice Chandrachud, who would be the first Chief Justice whose father was also one, has twice overturned judgments led by Justice YV Chandrachud. • Justice Chandrachud holds an undergraduate degree i...

New Delhi: Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has been appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) and will take over on November 9. He will serve as the chief of the expansive Indian judicial system for two years till November 10, 2024. Chandrachud will replace CJI Uday Umesh Lalit who had recommended him as his successor on Oct 11. Chandrachud carries on his father Y V Chandrachud's legacy who had served as CJI between 1978 to 1985. D Y Chandrachud has been a part of several landmark judgements such as the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships. With his unconventional and progressive viewpoint, he has even overturned a few judgements made by his father in the past. For instance, he deemed the offence of adultery unconstitutional. 50th CJI: Who is DY Chandrachud? Born on November 11, 1959, Justice Chandrachud is the senior-most Supreme Court judge. He was elevated to the top court on May 13, 2016. In a recent conversation with law students, Chandrachud advised imbibing a feminist approach in their careers. This advice comes after the SC bench that he was a part of extended the right to safe and legal abortion up to 24 weeks to unmarried and single women. He was also part of the benches which ruled on the validity of the Aadhaar schemes, and the Sabrimala temple issue which had created a furore in the nation. Second-wave of Covid-19 A Justice Chandrachud-led bench had also passed several directions to mitigate the miseries faced by people during the COVID-19 cri...

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