Abhinav Chandrachud, the son of DY Chandrachud, who was the Chief Justice of India, is representing Ranveer Allahbadia in the Supreme Court. He had also represented Rhea Chakraborty in the past.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court criticized podcaster and influencer Ranveer Allahbadia for his inappropriate comments on the show India’s Got Talent. The court said that such behavior should be condemned. However, the court gave him temporary protection from arrest and told him to cooperate with the ongoing investigation.
Comedian Samay Raina’s show ‘India’s got Latent’ sparked controversy and several FIR’s have been lodged against him and various in other parts of the country.
Ranveer Allahbadia was represented by senior advocate Abhinav Chandrachud, son of former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud in the Supreme Court.
Read The 5 Facts about Abhinav Chandrachud:
- Abhinav Chandrachud is the son of DY Chandrachud, who was the Chief Justice of India. His brother, Chintan, is also a lawyer. In his farewell speech, DY Chandrachud talked about how both Abhinav and Chintan chose not to argue cases in the Supreme Court while he was Chief Justice. They did this to maintain their professional integrity and put their personal values ahead of personal success.
- He graduated from the Government Law College in Mumbai in 2008, earning both his LLB and BLS degrees. He was a top student at Mumbai University and won the Honourable Justice DP Madon Prize for Constitutional Law.
- In 2009, Chandrachud went on to study for an LLM at Harvard Law School, where he was named a Dana Scholar. Later, he earned both a Master of the Science of Law (JSM) and a Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) degree from Stanford Law School, where he was recognized as a Franklin Family Scholar.
- Abhinav Chandrachud is a senior lawyer at the Bombay High Court. He has a lot of experience in law, having worked at the international law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher before taking on important roles in India’s legal field.
- Chandrachud has written several books. Among which his publications are Supreme Whispers: Conversations with Judges of the Supreme Court of India 1980-1989 (2018) and Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India (2017).
In conclusion, Abhinav Chandrachud, with his strong legal background and experience, is representing Ranveer Allahbadia in the ongoing case. As a respected lawyer, he is playing a key role in handling the legal challenges Allahbadia is facing.
