D.y. chandrachud

Speaking at the University of Edinburgh's Law School on the topic "Global Change and the Legal Profession, Past and Future: Perspectives from India", Chandrachud said for a truly rights-alert or a rights-vibrant society, there has to be continuous engagement between the courts, citizens and civil society organisations. "Citizenry have a very vital role to play in the protection of rights. It would be overstating the point, in my mind I would postulate, to say that courts are the only source of recourse for protection of these rights," Chandrachud said. The CJI said there is a more dialogic role that is being played by courts which emerges during the course of dialogues with the court. NEW DELHI: Courts are not the only recourse for the protection of human rights and the citizenry has a very vital role to play in safeguarding them, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has said. Speaking at the University of Edinburgh's Law School on the topic "Global Change and the Legal Profession, Past and Future: Perspectives from India", Chandrachud said for a truly rights-alert or a rights-vibrant society, there has to be continuous engagement between the courts, citizens and civil society organisations. "Citizenry have a very vital role to play in the protection of rights. It would be overstating the point, in my mind I would postulate, to say that courts are the only source of recourse for protection of these rights," Chandrachud said.googletag.cmd.push(function() ); The CJI said there is a...

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Wiki/Biography Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud [1] age 63 years; as of 2022) in Bombay, Bombay State, India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He did his schooling at Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, and St. Columba’s School, Delhi. He pursued a BA (Hons.) in Economics from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi; he graduated from there in 1979. In 1982, he completed his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi. He obtained a Master of Laws degree in 1983 and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) in 1986 from Harvard Law School, USA. He studied at Harvard on the prestigious Inlaks Scholarship and was awarded the Joseph H Beale prize. His PhD doctoral thesis was on Affirmative Action. [2] Family Parents & Siblings DY Chandrachud’s father, Justice Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, was the 16th Chief Justice of India, who served from 1978 to 1985. Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest-serving Chief Justice in India, who served for a tenure of 2696 days. His mother, Prabha Chandrachud, was a classical musician. He is an only child. DY Chandrachud’s son Chintan Chandrachud He has two foster daughters; both are differently-abled. Caste He belongs to the Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family. [3] Career Law Practice Following his LLB in 1982, he served as a junior prosecutor assisting various lawyers and judges, including drafting some briefs for advocate...