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Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
Chief Justice of India
alive
- born
- 1959
- died
- no date on record
- age
- 66
- known for
- lawyer, judge
born 1959

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who dhananjaya yeshwant chandrachud is
Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is a retired Indian jurist, who served as the 50th Chief Justice of India from 9 November 2022 to 10 November 2024. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016. He has also previously served as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court from 2013 to 2016 and as a judge of the Bombay High Court from 2000 to 2013.
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