CJI UU Lalit recommends Justice DY Chandrachud as his successor

Chief Justice of India UU Lalit has advisable the title of Justice DY Chandrachud as his successor, information company ANI reported on Tuesday. Justice Chandrachud is the senior-most choose after the present CJI. By conference, the outgoing chief justice recommends the title of the senior-most choose for the best submit within the judiciary.
 
The CJI’s suggestion comes simply days after Union Legislation Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote to Justice Lalit asking him to suggest his successor. “As per the MoP (Memorandum of Process) on the appointment of Chief Justice of India and Supreme Courtroom Judges, right this moment the Hon’ble Minister of Legislation and Justice despatched a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India for sending his suggestions for appointment of his successor,” the regulation ministry mentioned on October 7.
 
As per the memorandum of process, the appointment to the workplace of the CJI needs to be of the senior-most Decide of the Supreme Courtroom “thought of match to carry the workplace”.
 
After receipt of the advice, the Union Legislation Minister will put up the advice to the Prime Minister who will advise the President on the matter of appointment.
 
Chief Justice Lalit, who took cost as CJI on August 27, will retire on November 8 this 12 months. After him, Justice Chandrachud is prone to change into the fiftieth CJI.
 
Former chief justice of Allahabad Excessive Courtroom, Chandrachud turned a choose within the apex court docket in Could 2016. He has been a part of some key benches that delivered landmark judgments like Ayodhya Ramjanmbhumi and Sabarimala. The Ayodhya verdict was unanimous and Chandrachud was a part of the five-judge bench headed by then CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
 
Chandrachud can be identified for dissent in some key circumstances like Aadhar. In September 2018, the SC upheld the constitutional validity of the Act by a 4-1 majority. Justice Chandrachud penned the only dissent and famous flaws within the proposed system.