Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

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Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud is the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and an eminent jurist in India.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Chandrachud is the son of Justice Y. V. Chandrachud, the longest serving Chief Justice of India. Born on 11 November 1959. After attending St. Columba's School, Delhi, he graduated from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi in 1979.[4] 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 Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.), from Harvard University in 1986.[5]

Career

Chandrachud started his career as an Advocate in the Delhi High Court. He was appointed as Additional Solicitor General of India (1998–2000), and designated a Senior Advocate in 1998. On 29 March 2000, he was appointed as Judge of the High Court at Bombay, aged 40 at that time. He is also the Director of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy and Indian Mediation Training Institute. He was sworn as an the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 31 October 2013.

Some of his landmark judgements are in the areas of constitutional law and the protection of human rights. He has authored several articles on human rights. He has recently co edited a book titled " A Heritage of Judging - the Bombay High Court through One Hundred and Fifty Years " to mark the sesquicentennial of the High Court. As a strong proponent of liberal constitutional values he has written several judgments protecting the freedom of speech and expression. He set aside bans on the broadcast of films and on the staging of plays. As a senior judge of the High Court he is part of the Bench overseeing several important public interest cases including the protection of child rights, malnutrition and the preservation of mangroves.

He has authored several judgments on commercial law, securities law, intellectual property, admiralty and taxation. He authored a path breaking judgment which upheld the right of Indian Tax authorities to impose a tax on capital gains on the transfer of shares abroad where there is a transfer of an underlying asset or business in India.

He has travelled abroad and has been invited to speak at the Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Australian National University and University of Witswatersrand. He has been a speaker at conferences organized by UNHCR, Asian Development Bank, The World Bank Group and UNEP.

The Maharashtra Judicial Academy which he heads looks after the training of nearly one thousand nine hundred judges in the state.

References

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  2. ↑ V. M. Salgaocar College of Law – Goa, India
  3. ↑ M E D I A T I O N
  4. ↑ "Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud Dr. Justice". Achievers. Old Columbans' Association. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Harvard alumni DY Chandrachud to take oath as chief justice of high court". The Times Of India. Retrieved 2013-11-19. 

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