Justice DY Chandrachud may become 50th chief justice as CJI UU Lalit's term ends in November

The government on Friday wrote to Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit to name his successor, a report said.

Justice DY Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI and he could be the 50th CJI.

Justice Lalit retires as the CJI on November 8. As the CJI, Justice Lalit has a tenure of 74 days and will demit office on attaining the age of 65 years.

As part of the procedure, the law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. The CJI names the senior-most judge as his or her successor, as per the practice.

Justice Chandrachud studied BA with Honours in Economics from St Stephen's College, New Delhi and LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. He completed his LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from Harvard Law School, USA.

He was the Visiting Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the University of Mumbai and at Oklahoma University School of Law, USA.

He practised law at the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court. He was designated as the senior advocate by the Bombay High Court in June 1998.

He was appointed as the Additional Solicitor General of India from 1998 until appointment as a Judge.

He became the judge of the Bombay High Court in March 2000. In October 2013, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.

He was appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court in May 2016.