CJI D Y Chandrachud. (Photo/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud , who will retire on November 10, marked his final working day at the Supreme Court on Friday, ending a tenure that began with his elevation to the top court in 2016 and his appointment as CJI in November 2022. A ceremonial bench of four justices assembled on Friday, for the farewell ceremony of Justice Chandrachud, including CJI-designate Sanjiv Khanna, Justices J B Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra.
"You asked me what keeps me going. It is this court which has kept me going because there is not a single day when you feel that you have not learned something, that you have not had an opportunity to serve the society," the CJI remarked. His time as a Supreme Court judge saw several landmark judgments, with the outgoing CJI authoring 613 judgments, 500 of which were written as a puisne judge.
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