Justice Dhananjaya DY Chandrachud Age, Biography, Wife, Son Name, Family, Education, Profile, Career, Twitter

Justice Dhananjaya DY Chandrachud Age, Biography, Wife, Son Name, Family, Education, Profile, Career, Twitter

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

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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.

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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.

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