- Justice Chandrachud was nominated as Justice UU Lalit, who was the Executive Chairperson of the NALSA and became the 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
- Justice Chandrachud is next in line, after UU Lalit, to become the 50th CJI.
- Justice Chandrachud has also served as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and a judge of the Bombay High Court, before being elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court.
- NALSA was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of society and to organize Lok Adalats for settlement of disputes.
- The senior-most judge of the SC, i.e., the CJI (presently Justice UU Lalit), is the Patron-in-Chief of NALSA while the second senior-most judge of the SC (presently Justice DY Chandrachud) is the executive chairperson of NALSA.
Question:
Q.1 Who is currently the Patron-in-Chief of NALSA?a. DY Chandrachud
b. MM Naravane
c. SA Bobde
d. UU Lalit
