Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

Hon'ble Justice
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
Judge, Supreme Court of India
Assumed office
13 May 2016
Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee
Chief Justice
of the Allahabad High Court
In office
31 October 2013 – 12 May 2016[1]
Appointed by Pranab Mukherjee
Preceded by Shiva Kirti Singh
Succeeded by Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
Personal details
Born (1959-11-11) 11 November 1959[2]
Citizenship Indian
Parents Y. V. Chandrachud and Prabha
Alma mater Harvard University,
Delhi University,
St. Stephen's College, Delhi

Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is currently a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India, and in line to be Chief Justice of India, with effect from 9 Nov 2022 after superannuation of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, till his own retirement on 10 Nov 2024. He is the former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and a former judge of the Bombay High Court.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Chandrachud was born on 11 November 1959.[2] His father Y. V. Chandrachud was the longest serving Chief Justice of India.[6] His mother Prabha was a classical musician. After attending Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai and St. Columba's School, Delhi, Chandrachud graduated with honours in Economics and Mathematics from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi in 1979.[7] Chandrachud aced the Honours' list of the University of Delhi in his final year. Chandrachud obtained his LL.B. degree from Delhi University in 1982 and an LL.M. degree from Harvard University on the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship in 1983.[8] At Harvard, he received the Joseph H Beale prize. He also did his Doctorate of Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.), from Harvard University in 1986.[9] His thesis was on Affirmative Action and considered the law in a comparative framework.

Career

Chandrachud studied law at Delhi university in 1982 at a time when few jobs were available to young law graduates. He worked for a while, as a junior advocate assisting lawyers and judges, including some memorable briefings that he did for Fali Nariman. Thereafter he joined Harvard law school. After graduating Harvard, Chandrachud first worked at Sullivan and Cromwell, a law firm. Chandrachud describes this as "sheer fluke" due to the strong pecking order that existed at that time, and a strong bias against Indians and similar developing countries.[10] 1986 onwards , national law schools were established in a number of cities in India. He was designated as Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court in June 1998. From 1998, he was Additional Solicitor General of India until his appointment as a Judge. He became a judge at the Bombay High Court from 29 March 2000 until his appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. During this time, he was also Director of Maharashtra Judicial Academy. All through, he practised law at the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. He was Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court of India. He was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 13 May 2016.[11]

He continues to be a visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional law at the University of Mumbai and Oklahoma University School of Law, USA. He has delivered lectures at the Australian National University, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has been a 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.[1] [3]

Some of Chandrachud's prominent judgments are in the areas of constitutional law and the protection of human rights.[12] Chandrachud has authored several articles on human rights. He has recently co edited a book titled " A Heritage of Judging - the Bombay High Court through One Hundred and Fifty Years " to mark the sesquicentennial of the High Court. His recent contribution in the landmark judgement of nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declaring Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right is invaluable and historical in itself. He also overruled the judgement of infamous ADM Jabalpur vs Shivakant Shukla case better known as Habeas Corpus case of emergency period. His father, Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, was the part of five-judge bench in ADM Jabalpur case whose judgement he overruled.[13] Recently he was the part of a 5 judge bench in section 377 of the IPC case of LGBT community.He further on made a dissenting judgement in aadhar case and a concurring judgement in case related to section 497 that is adultery.

References

  1. 1 2 "Supreme Court of India: Chief Justice & Judges". supremecourtofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. 1 2 http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/service/judgeDetail.jsp?id=203
  3. 1 2 "Hon'ble Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud (CJ)". allahabadhighcourt.in/indexhigh.html. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070806180624/http://www.vmslaw.edu/sympo.htm. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Dr. Hon'ble Justice Shananjaya Y. Chandrachud. "Mediiation - realizing the potential and designin implementation strategies" (PDF). Lawcommissionofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  6. ↑ "Justice Chandrachud keeps running into father's rulings".
  7. ↑ "Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud Dr. Justice". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation: Alumni". inlaksfoundation.org. 2010. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  9. ↑ "Harvard alumni Hon'ble DY Chandrachud to take oath as Hon'ble chief justice of high court". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  10. ↑ "The evolution of India's legal system - a a lecture by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud". Bloomberg Quint. 16 December 2017. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  11. ↑ "Chief Justice and Judges". www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in. Supreme court of India. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "A deity does not have constitutional rights: Justice Chandrachud".
  13. ↑ http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supremecourt/2012/35071/35071_2012_Judgement_24-Aug-2017.pdf
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