Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has been selected for the "Award for Global Leadership" by the Harvard Law School Center in recognition of his lifetime service to the legal profession in the country and around the world.
The award will be presented to him at an online event on January 11.
Justice Chandrachud obtained an LLM degree and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (SJD) from the Harvard Law School in the United States.
At the event, professor David Wilkins of the Harvard Law School will also have a conversation with the CJI.
Justice Chandrachud, who was part of the supreme court benches that delivered several landmark verdicts, including the Ayodhya land dispute case, was sworn in as the 50th CJI on November 9, 2022.
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