New CJI: Here are some significant cases Justice Chandrachud was part of

The 50th Chief Justice, who will have a two-year tenure, has authored the verdicts or dissenting opinions in some landmark cases

Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, who takes over from Justice UU Lalit as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) today, has been part of many landmark judgments, either as the author of the verdict or of dissenting opinions on the main judgment.   

Chandrachud – who will have a term of two years till November 10, 2024 – was part of the landmark Right to Privacy case (KS Puttaswamy vs Union of India), where a nine-judge Bench held that the Constitution guarantees each individual a fundamental right to privacy. In a related matter, he was the sole dissenter when the