With CJI UU Lalit recommending his name, Justice DY Chandrachud is set to assume charge as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9 and would have a tenure of over two years
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit has recommended the name of Justice DY Chandrachud as his successor. The recommendation was made in a full court meeting on Tuesday held by the Judges of the top court.
With this, Justice Chandrachud would assume charge as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9 and would have a tenure of over two years.
As per protocol, the incumbent CJI has to send a formal letter recommending his successor to the government. The letter is then handed over to the next CJI and sent to the law minister.
A meeting was reportedly scheduled at 10:15 am of all SC judges for a formal handing over of the letter.
Justice DY Chandrachud is slated to retire on November 10, 2024.
Justice DY Chandrachud has served as the Additional Solicitor General of India in 1998. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court in 2013. He has been associated with the Bombay High Court too and was elevated as a judge in the Supreme Court in 2016.
Some of Justice DY Chandrachud’s notable judgments are on the Indian Constitution, comparative constitutional law, human rights, gender justice, public interest litigation, criminal laws and commercial laws.
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, meanwhile, was in August appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI) after President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment.
Born on November 9, 1957, Justice Lalit enrolled as an advocate in June 1983 and practiced in the Bombay High Court till December 1985. He shifted his practice to Delhi in January 1986, and in April 2004, he was designated as a senior advocate by the apex court. He was appointed a special public prosecutor for the CBI to conduct the trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
