CJI Chandrachud, who took office on November 9, 2022, concluded his two-year term and bid farewell to his position. He proposed Khanna’s name for the role
He said that lawyers “cannot take the court for a ride” by adopting such tactics
As Usha Uthup led the performance, she playfully urged CJI DY Chandrachud to join her in singing, creating a light-hearted moment that drew applause from the audience.
He also said that equal participation of women in governance, policy and leadership roles is positively linked to better development outcomes, but to ensure that, one must address issues of continued gendered allocation of domestic labour
CJI Dhananjaya Chandrachud will leave the office on November 11, 2024. He will be succeeded by Justice Sanjiv Khanna
25-year-old Pragya, who is the daughter of Ajay Kumar Samal, received a standing ovation by CJI DY Chandrachud and other Supreme Court judges at the judges’ lounge on Wednesday. She was also felicitated by him.
Besides the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also issued notice to the NCSC.
Justice Chandrachud, who is in the UK for a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the start of the legal year in England and Wales, delivered a special address at the annual celebrations at the Gandhi statue at Tavistock Square in central London.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud passed the order while hearing the plea by an intervenor who said he could neither see the face of his dead mother nor perform her last rites during pandemic despite the fact that she did not die of COVID-19.
Earlier, in an affidavit opposing a batch of pleas seeking legal validation of same-sex marriages, the government said the fundamental right to life and liberty cannot include any implicit approval of same-sex marriage.
In a letter to the President, the Congress' Rajya Sabha member Vivek Tankha termed such online trolling a "brazen case of interference with the course of justice" and has called for immediate action against the culprits.
The top court said it was not inclined to entertain the Special Leave Petition against the grant of bail by the high court to Deshmukh.