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Dhananjaya Chandrachud was born in the Chandrachud family on 11 November 1959. [2] His father Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, is the longest serving chief justice of India [7] and his mother, Prabha, was a classical musician who sang for All India Radio.
Justice Y.V. Chandrachud died on 14 July 2008 shortly after he was admitted to the Bombay Hospital. He is survived by his wife Prabha, his son Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, [9] former Chief Justice of India [10] [11] and his daughter Nirmala. His grandsons, Abhinav Chandrachud, a lawyer in Bombay high court and Chintan Chandrachud, a legal scholar ...
Sanjiv Khanna (born 14 May 1960) is an Indian jurist currently serving as the 51st Chief Justice of India since 11 November 2024. [1] He is 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. [2] He has also served as a judge at the Delhi High Court.
Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, the 16th chief justice, is the longest-serving chief justice, serving over seven years (February 1978 – July 1985), while Kamal Narain Singh, the 22nd chief justice, is the shortest-serving, for 17 days in 1991. As of 2024, there has been no woman who has served as chief justice of India. [5]
Chandrachud is a prominent Indian family who were nobles, sardars, and jagirdars in Pune in the Maratha Empire. They belong to the Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin community. [ 1 ] Diwan Yashwant Gangadhar Chandrachud, a member of the family, held twenty-two villages as watan , including Newasa Budruk as Jagirdar . [ 2 ]
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud: Appointed by: Droupadi Murmu: Judge of Jharkhand High Court; In office 24 January 2012 – 16 April 2023 Acting CJ: 20 December 2022 – 19 February 2023: Nominated by: S. H. Kapadia: Appointed by: Pratibha Patil: Personal details; Born 7 July 1965 (age 59) Alma mater: University of Delhi
45th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: 14 Pankaj Mithal: Male 50th CJI Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud: 6 February 2023 (1 year, 361 days) 16 June 2026 (−1 year, 135 days) 3 years, 131 days Allahabad: 7 7 July 2006: 40th Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court: 15 Sanjay Karol: Male 6 February 2023 (1 year, 361 days) 22 August 2026 (−1 year ...
Uday Umesh Lalit (born 9 November 1957) is an Indian lawyer and former Supreme Court Judge, who served as the 49th Chief Justice of India. [2] Previously, he has served as a judge of Supreme Court of India. [3]