Chief Justice DY Chandrachud’s “Citizen First” Message After Oath

1. In his first statements to the media after the swearing-in ceremony, Justice Chandrachud mentioned, “Serving the extraordinary citizen is my precedence,” and promised reforms in registry and judicial processes. He additionally mentioned, “My work, not phrases, will communicate.” 

2. Justice Chandrachud will function the top of the Supreme Courtroom for 2 years — until November 10, 2024. He succeeds Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, who was on the prime put up for a brief tenure of 74 days.

3. Justice Chandrachud was elevated as a Supreme Courtroom decide on Might 13, 2016. He has been a part of a number of Structure benches and landmark verdicts, together with within the Ayodhya land dispute and the suitable to privateness.

4. He was additionally a part of the benches that delivered essential judgments on decriminalising same-sex relations by partially hanging down Part 377 of the IPC, the validity of Aadhaar scheme and the Sabarimala subject.

5. A Justice Chandrachud-led bench had handed a number of orders to alleviate miseries confronted by folks throughout the Covid disaster. Extra just lately, a bench headed by him expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Being pregnant (MTP) Act to incorporate “single girl”.

6. Justice Chandrachud is the son of late Justice YV Chandrachud, the longest-serving Chief Justice Of India who was on the prime put up for seven years.

7. Apparently, Justice Chandrachud, who can be the primary Chief Justice whose father was additionally one, has twice overturned judgments led by Justice YV Chandrachud.

8. Justice Chandrachud holds an undergraduate diploma in Economics from St Stephen’s Faculty. He later accomplished am LLB from Delhi College, and an LLM and a doctorate from Harvard Regulation Faculty within the US.

9. He has practised legislation on the Supreme Courtroom and the Bombay Excessive Courtroom, and was additionally a visiting professor of comparative Constitutional legislation on the College of Mumbai.

10. He was designated a senior advocate by the Bombay Excessive Courtroom in June 1998 and have become Extra Solicitor Basic in the identical yr until his appointment as a decide. Justice Chandrachud has earlier served as a decide in Bombay Excessive Courtroom and because the Chief Justice of the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom.

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