Justice Dhananjay Y Chandrachud was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. He was administered the oath of office by UP Governor Bl Joshi at a ceremony on the premises of the Allahabad High Court.
The ceremony began at 10.30 am in the court room of the Chief Justice. Justice Chandrachud has earlier served as a judge at the Bombay High Court.
All judges, senior advocates, lawyers including office-bearers of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association and Advocates’ Association, besides the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary were present on the occasion.
Born on November 11, 1959, Justice Chandrachud graduated from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi. in 1979.
He completed llB from Delhi University in 1982 and llM from Harvard University in 1983. later, he did Doctor of Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard in 1986. He was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India and worked from 1998 to 2000. He was designated senior advocate in 1998.
As a lawyer, he has appeared in several important cases involving public interest litigation (PIl), rights of bonded women workers, rights of HIV-positive workers, contract labour and rights of religious and linguistic minorities.
He was appointed by the Supreme Court to submit a report on the state of Bombay benches. He also taught International law at Oklahoma University, USA.
Besides, he also worked as visiting professor, comparative constitutional law at University of Bombay from 1988 to 1997.
He also appeared on behalf of several public bodies, including the Reserve Bank of India, port trusts, municipal corporations and universities.
He was appointed as the additional judge of Bombay High Court on March 29, 2000.
Subsequently, he took oath as permanent judge of Bombay High Court, and on October 31 he took over as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.