NEW DELHI: Outgoing Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Tuesday named Justice D Y Chandrachud, the senior most Supreme Court judge, as his successor.
Justice Lalit is to superannuate on November 8.
In presence of all Supreme Court judges, Justice Lalit handed over the letter of recommendation to Chandrachud, who would become the 50 th CJI on final notification issued by the Union government.
Justice Chandrachud would have a tenure of two years, as he would retire on November 10, 2024.
As per the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) on appointment of Chief Justice of India and Supreme Court Judges, Kiren Rijiju, the Minister of Law and Justice on October 7 sent a letter to the Chief Justice of India for sending his recommendations for appointment of his successor.
Justice Chandrachud is son of former SC judge Justice Y V Chandrachud who was the longest serving CJI for being in office for over seven years between 1978 to 1985.
Justice Chandrachud was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016.
He also served as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court since October 31, 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court.
He was first appointed as judge of the Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000.
He also served as Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until year 2000.
In June, 1998, he was designated as Senior Advocate by the Bombay High Court.
Justice Chandrachud has been a visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai and at Oklahoma University School of Law, USA.
He obtained LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard Law School, USA. He passed BA with Honours in Economics from St Stephen's College, New Delhi and completed LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University.
