Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India · India · On the map · Lawyers · Born 1959 · age 66
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.
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The president of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee (left) meeting with Justice Chandrachud, Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
The president of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of India
The chief justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud along with his wife Smt. Kalpana Das calling on the president of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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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.
