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title: "Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud, the new CJI of India"  
description: "Justice D Y Chandrachud took over as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Nov 9 2022, here's some facts about the new CJI"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-05  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1762/interesting-facts-about-d-y-chandrachud-the-new-cji-of-india  
category: "education"  
tags: ["Chief justice of India", "CJI", "D Y chandrachud", "new CJI", "CJI facts"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud, the new CJI of India

![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/c8467e5c-2297-451f-b0fb-f35162f6bbb1.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/af4ba74e-af38-4057-bc79-186cbd5dbb8c.jpeg) D Y Chandrachud is a son of former CJI Y V Chandrachud, who was in the position for a period of seven years between 1978 to 1985 ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/9cc8c688-108b-4129-b0c8-a4c09d5cd057.jpeg) With a BA with Honours in Economics degree from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, Justice Chandrachud completed his LLB from Campus Law Centre, DU ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/b440ecc9-f2bb-4cab-8381-0200e6603259.jpeg) He went to Harvard Law School to obtain his LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/1786c5ef-920e-420c-ba34-ae711db90f15.jpeg) Justice Chandrachud was chosen by the NDA government to serve as the additional solicitor general of India from 1998 to 2000. ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/7f6b2c7d-8448-41df-959a-4a0be24fc4d8.jpeg) He was part of the three-judge bench that allowed a plea for the live streaming of proceedings in the Supreme Court. ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/5247ea2b-b19b-4ad5-9653-1b1457200d28.jpeg) He was a part of the bench that decriminalised Section 377 of the IPC. ![Interesting facts about D Y Chandrachud the new CJI of India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0bbffa9b-6c48-4abc-bb7c-aa636ce2ed66/images/c8467e5c-2297-451f-b0fb-f35162f6bbb1.jpeg) Chandrachud is an early riser. He gets up at 3.30 am

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