Chief Justice Chandrachud: A Legacy With A Promise of Greatness Stands Perilled | Vijay Kumar

The 50th Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, has demitted the office on controversial notes. Any objective and fair assessment of his tenure entails, perforce, to divide his term preceding his appointment as Chief Justice or after that. By the same token, the judgments rendered by him, and their scrutiny could be classified in accordance with the subject matters. As the Chief Justice of India has immense administrative power, apart from his judicial power, Justice Chandrachud, and for that matter other Chief Justices, must be assessed separately as the Chief Justice and as puisne judge.

Justice Chandrachud was born with a silver spoon. He is the son of Chief Justice, Y.V. Chandrachud, who was Chief Justice of India for more than 7 years