# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dhananjaya-yeshwant-chandrachud
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:57:32.504Z

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name: "Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud"
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description: "Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is a retired Indian jurist, who served as the 50th Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016. He has also previously served as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 2013 to 2016 and as a judge of the Bombay High Court from 2000 to 2013. He also served as the ex-officio Patron-in-Chief of the National Legal Services Authority and the de facto Chancellor of the National Law School of India University."
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birthDate: "1959-11-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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