Recently Justice D . Y . Chandrachud has been appointed as the _____Chief Justice of India ( CJI ) by President Draupadi Murmu?

Solution

• President Droupadi Murmu appointed Justice D.Y. Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
• Justice Chandrachud will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65.
• Justice Chandrachud will serve as the CJI for two years. He will demit office on November 10, 2024
• Learn Along:
• Justice U U  Lalit has a brief tenure of 74 days.
• Justice Chandrachud, presently the seniormost Supreme Court judge after Justice Lalit, was elevated to the Supreme Court on May 13, 2016.
• Before his appointment to the top court, Justice Chandrachud served as the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court from October 31, 2013.
• He also served as a judge of the Bombay High Court from March 2000 to October 2013.
• About CJI
• Formation: 28 January 1950                                              Nominator:Outgoing Chief Justice of India on the basis of Seniority
• Appointer: President of India                                             Term length:Until the age of 65