Justice Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_Dr._D._Y._Chandrachud
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:St._Stephen's_College,_Delhi
gptkb:University_of_Delhi
gptkbp:appointedAsChiefJusticeOfIndia 9 November 2022
gptkbp:awards Distinguished Jurist Award (various legal forums)
gptkbp:children gptkb:Chintan_Chandrachud
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 11 November 1959
gptkbp:degree gptkb:Doctor_of_Juridical_Science
LL.M.
LL.B.
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:St._Stephen's_College,_Delhi
gptkb:Faculty_of_Law,_University_of_Delhi
gptkbp:father gptkb:Y._V._Chandrachud
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Dhananjaya_Yeshwant_Chandrachud
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud
gptkbp:knownFor Judicial reforms
Human rights jurisprudence
Progressive judgments
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Hindi
English
Marathi
gptkbp:memberOf Supreme Court Collegium
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableFor LGBTQ rights
Right to privacy
Gender justice
Advocacy for technology in judiciary
Dissenting opinions
gptkbp:notableJudgments Right to Privacy (Puttaswamy v. Union of India)
Decriminalization of Section 377 (Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India)
Sabarimala Temple Entry (Indian Young Lawyers Association v. State of Kerala)
Aadhaar Judgment
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:President_of_India
gptkb:judge
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Uday_Umesh_Lalit
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:servedAs Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Judge of Bombay High Court
Judge of Supreme Court of India
gptkbp:signature D. Y. Chandrachud signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Kalpana_Das
gptkbp:termAsChiefJusticeOfIndia from 9 November 2022
gptkbp:website https://sci.gov.in/chief-justice-honble-mr-justice-dhananjaya-y-chesh
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Puttaswamy_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7