NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit on Tuesday recommended the name of Justice D Y Chandrachud, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, to the law minister as his successor to assume charge as the 50th CJI on his returement on November 8, after a brief tenure of 74 days.Justice Chandrachud, whose father has been also the the 16th CJI from February, 1978, to July, 1985, will have a tenure of two years till November 10, 2024. CJI Lalit shared his letter to Law Minister Kiren Rijiju with Justice Chandrachud, convening all judges to assemble in the judge’s lounge at 10.15 AM.
CJI Lalit had succeeded CJI N V Ramana on his retirement on August 26.
According to the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which governs the process of appointment of judges in the higher judiciary, the outgoing CJI initiates the process of naming the successor after getting a communication from the Law ministry.
Justice Chandrachud, born on 11 November 1959, was appointed judge of the Supreme Court on 13 May 2016. He was the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013, until his appointment to the Supreme Court. Justice Chandrachud was the judge of the Bombay High Court from 29 March 2000 until his appointment as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
He had also served as Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until his appointment as a judge in the Bombay High Court. He was designated as a senior advocate by the Bombay High Court in June 1998.
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