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Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
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Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

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Serving as India’s fiftieth Chief Justice.

Privacy and equality

Born
11 November 1959
Birthplace
Mumbai

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Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud

Indian jurist who participated in major Supreme Court decisions on privacy, equality and constitutional governance. Led the court from 2022 to 2024.

Early life

Legal education

Studied economics and mathematics at St. Stephen’s College, then law at Delhi University and Harvard. Completed a doctorate on affirmative action in 1986.

Career

  1. 2000–2013

    Bombay High Court

    Served as a judge.

  2. 2013–2016

    Allahabad

    Served as chief justice of the High Court.

  3. 2016

    Supreme Court

    Joined India’s highest court.

  4. 2022–2024

    Chief Justice

    Headed the Supreme Court until retirement.

Selected work

Privacy and equality

Sat on benches addressing privacy and the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

Beyond work

Family

His father Y. V. Chandrachud also served as Chief Justice, and his mother Prabha was a classical musician. Later married lawyer Kalpana Das after his first wife Rashmi’s death.

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Photo: Prime Minister's Office. GODL-India · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.