Justice DY Chandrachud on Wednesday took cost because the fiftieth Chief Justice of India. The senior-most choose of the Supreme Court, Justice Chandrachud is ready to function the CJI for a interval of two years, changing Uday Umesh Lalit.
Justice Chandrachud, son of India’s longest serving Chief Justice YV Chandrachud, was administered the oath of workplace by President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. He was advisable for the highest submit by former CJI UU Lalit on October 11.
Justice DY Chandrachud formally sworn in as the brand new Chief Justice of India pic.twitter.com/JY0xdSrLEB
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While his predecessor, Justice Lalit, had a short tenure of 74 days, Chandrachud would function the Chief Justice until November 10, 2024.
Born on November 11, 1959, Justice Chandrachud was elevated to the apex courtroom on May 13, 2016. He has been part of a number of structure benches and landmark judgments of the apex courtroom, together with issues referring to the Ayodhya land dispute, proper to privateness. and adultery.
Just final month, a bench headed by Justice Chandrachud expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and associated guidelines to incorporate single ladies in search of abortion between 20-24 weeks of being pregnant.
in a single interview with Indian Express On the eve of the swearing-in, Justice Chandrachud mentioned that his mission was to make the judicial system “more simple, more transparent, more efficient so that the interface of common citizens with the judiciary becomes easier, simpler and transparent”.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
