Justice DY Chandrachud will have a tenure as Chief Justice of India for a period of two years.
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Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on October 11 named Justice D Y Chandrachud as his successor. CJI Lalit is set to retire on November 8.
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Justice DY Chandrachud will have a tenure as CJI for a period of two years. He will demit office on November 10, 2024.
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The incumbent chief justice of India, UU Lalit handed over the letter recommending his successor this morning in the presence of all the sitting judges of the Supreme Court.
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As per the memorandum of procedure, one month before a CJI is scheduled to demit office, the law minister writes to the country’s top judge asking for the recommendation of the judge to be appointed as the next CJI.
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The incumbent CJI names the second senior-most judge of the supreme court to take on the post of the CJI, as per this MoP.
Profile highlights of Hon’ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016.
Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court.
Judge of the Bombay High Court from 29 March 2000 until appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy.
Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until appointment as a Judge.
Designated as Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in June 1998.
Practised law at the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court.
Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai. Visiting Professor at Oklahoma University School of Law, USA.
Delivered lectures at the Australian National University, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Speaker at conferences organised by bodies of the United Nations including United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, International Labour Organisation and United Nations Environmental Program, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
Obtained LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard Law School, USA.
BA with Honours in Economics from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi. LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
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