Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

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Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud is a sitting judge of the Bombay High Court and an eminent jurist in India.^[1][2][3]

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Notes 5 See also

[edit] Introduction

Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud is the son of Justice Y. V. Chandrachud, the longest serving Chief Justice of India. Born on the 11^th November 1959, he graduated from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi in 1979. He obtained his LL.B. degree from Delhi University in 1982 and a LL.M. degree from Harvard University in 1983. He also did his Doctorate of Judicial Sciences (S.J.D.), from Harvard University in 1986.^[4]

[edit] Career

• He started his career as an Advocate in the Delhi High Court.
• Appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India (1998-2000).
• Designated a Senior Advocate in 1998.
• Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court at Bombay on 29^th March 2000 (He was aged 41 at that time]

[edit] Personal life

He currently lives in Mumbai with his two sons.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Millennium laws For India Inc.---A symposium
• M E D I A T I O N – realizing the potential and designing. implementation strategies.
• First South Asian Regional Judicial Colloquium on Access to Justice
• CHRI: Judicial Colloquia Series on Access to Justice
• Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Pacific---A judicial colloquium and workshop