Chief Justice of India UU Lalit recommended the name of Justice DY Chandrachud as his successor. Justice Chandrachud to become the 50th CJI. Chief Justice UU Lalit withdrew from the chair on November 8 this year.

Earlier today, the Chief Justice of India, UU Lalit, invited all judges to assemble in the Judges’ lounge for a brief meeting today when the outgoing CJI will hand over the letter to his successor Justice D Y Chandrachud.

Here are the ten key facts about the newly appointed CJI of India

1. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is likely to be the next 50th Chief Justice of India; the decorated judge at the Supreme Court is known for landmark judgments over numerous cases. He may assume office on November 9 and serve till November 10, 2024.
2. Currently, after Justice Lalit, Justice Chandrachud is the most senior-most judge at the Supreme Court. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016.
3. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as the Chief Justice of Allahabad. Also, from 2000 to October 2013, he served as a Judge of the Bombay High court. During 1998-2000 he was the Additional Solicitor General of India.
4. He delivered many notable judgments; for instance, he was part of the bench that gave landmark judgments on the abortion rights of unmarried women and the right to privacy. He was also part of the judicial panel, which took landmark judgment on the Sabarimala temple.
5. Justice Chandrachud would take over as the Chief Justice on November 9 and would serve the tenure of two years and be dismissed from office on November 10, 2024.
6. Justice Chandrachud is a Harvard graduate; He obtained an LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Science from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
7. Since he was elevated to the supreme court in 2016, he has been handpicked by three successive CJIs —JS Khehar, TS Thakur, and Dipak Misra. To sit with them in the Courtroom, barring a few days in between, to ensure that Justice Chandrachud was part of all the controversial cases before the apex court.
8. In a short two years, he has been on benches that have delivered more than 220 judgments, including entry of women into Sabarimala, decriminalization of homosexuality, and Adultery.
9. Like a father, like a son; His father, Justice YV Chandrachud, was the 16th and the longest-serving Chief Justice of India, serving from 1978 to 1985 (7 years and 4 months).
10. Justice DY Chandrachud was also a speaker at conferences organized by bodies of the UN, including the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations Environmental Programme and International Labor Organization, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.