Justice DY Chandrachud has been news lately after his remarks on Mohammad Zubair’s case went viral on various social media platforms, know his age, wife, son and family
When effectively giving bail to Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News and fake news peddler, in all 6 FIRs filed against him in Uttar Pradesh over his allegedly insulting tweets, Justice Chandrachud of the Supreme Court bench said:
How can we ask a journalist not to tweet? It’s like telling a lawyer that you should not argue.
Justice Dhananjaya DY Chandrachud Age, Biography, Wife, Son Name, Family, Education, Profile, Career And Twitter
Offering without comments…this is Justice Chandrachud & Family. pic.twitter.com/08Z0yK1qyY
— Kamini Balsara 2.0 (@KaminiBalsara) July 20, 2022
Why is Hon’ble justice Chandrachud so keen to release Zubair? They allowed a woman, Ketaki Chitale, to rot in jail for 40 days merely for sharing someone else’s post. pic.twitter.com/GhSGEXGPok
— Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳 (@ShefVaidya) July 20, 2022
A judge can order a person in custody to be released on bail. Perfectly fine. But look at the sequence of events which led to #Zubair's release today. Just before bench rose for lunch, #VrindaGrover asked for a rebuttal, but post lunch, that was refused by YV Chandrachud. Why?
— Suresh Kochattil (@kochattil) July 20, 2022
In a nutshell, that’s how #SupremeCourtOfIndia and rogue judges like #Chandrachud rob you of your last possession, self-esteem, day in day out. #WakeUpHindus
Pic courtesy: Opindia pic.twitter.com/VfM5k0o0Cf
— कुलदीप वैष्णव 🇮🇳 (@KULDEEP202140) July 21, 2022
People murdered so far for supporting Nupur:
-Umesh Kolhe
-Kanhaiya Lal
-Munish Bhardwaj
-Ankit JhaAll this happened because of Zubair’s mobilisation of mad crowds. That man deserves 0 sympathy.
— Monica Verma (@TrulyMonica) July 19, 2022
It's very important to spread this article far and wide. The only "fact-check" these fellows ever did was random, irrelevant WA fwds. Everything else was just fake news.
How Alt News “fact-checkers” have been spreading fake news for yearshttps://t.co/uQTMhd7O63
— S. Sudhir Kumar (@ssudhirkumar) July 14, 2022
When the Additional Advocate General (AAG) for Uttar Pradesh claimed that the Supreme Court had previously ordered that the petitioner (Mohammed Zubair) should not publish tweets, Justice Chandrachud remarked that directing a lawyer not to argue.
His clever arguing techniques have made his comments an instant hit, and a sizable portion of the public has been talking a lot about him. While many people are criticising him, other sections of society are praising him.
Since then, lots of people are trying to find out more about him. So, here’s what we know about him:
Who Is DY Chandrachud?
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud or DY Chandrachud is a renowned judge of the Supreme Court of India who has recently been in news after his remarks on Mohammad Zubair’s case went viral on various social media platforms.
On November 11, 1959, he was born into a well-known Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family. His mother, Prabha, was a classical musician, and his father, Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, is the longest-serving Chief Justice of India in history.
DY Chandrachud did his schooling at Cathedral and John Connon Schools in Mumbai and St. Columba’s School in Delhi. Later, at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, he earned honours degrees in mathematics and economics in 1979.
He next earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Delhi’s Faculty of Law in 1982 and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1983. He also received the esteemed Inlaks Scholarship. He remained at Harvard to continue his doctoral studies in jurisprudence, which he did in 1986.
DY Chandrachud is married and has two children. His children names are Abhinav Chandrachud and Chintan Chandrachud. Presently, he is 62 years old. His wife is Kalpana Das.
His Career
He assisted attorneys and courts as a junior advocate while attending Delhi University in 1982, writing some briefs for Fali Nariman among other things.
DY Chandrachud initially worked at Sullivan & Cromwell after receiving his law degree from Harvard. He practised law in the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India after returning to India. In June 1998, the Bombay High Court granted him the title of Senior Advocate.
He was named Additional Solicitor General of India in that same year, a position he kept up until he was chosen to become a judge.
Before being named Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on March 29, 2000, he was a judge at the Bombay High Court. He also served as Director of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy during this time.
From October 31, 2013, till his nomination to the Indian Supreme Court on May 13, 2016, he served as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. He joined the Collegium of the Supreme Court of India on April 24, 2021, and has been a member since. He will succeed as India’s 50th Chief Justice.
Apart from this, he also served as the visiting professor of comparative constitutional law at Oklahoma University School of Law and the University of Mumbai in the United States.
DY Chandrachud has given lectures at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, the Australian National University, Deakin University, Melbourne Law School, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii.