Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud will attend the third SDR Comparative Constitutional Law Discussion in the United States as an esteemed guest on Monday.
The inaugural discussion in the series was held in October 2020 on the occasion of 150 years of celebration of Georgetown Law.
This year’s event will be co-hosted by The Society for Democratic Rights (SDR), New Delhi and the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC.
For the first time, the conversation will be held physically at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC, US.
CJI Chandrachud, along with Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Stephen Breyer (Retd), will attend the historic event as esteemed guests. They will speak on ‘Perspectives From The Supreme Courts Of India And The United States’.
The Chief Justice of the largest democracy in the world, for the first time, will be on an open public platform with a Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The event will mark the global responses of the Indian Supreme Court under the leadership of the country’s 50th Chief Justice and other Justices of the apex court, and the role played by the American Supreme Court in its journey.
The esteemed guests will compare the approaches of the two Supreme Courts in ensuring fundamental rights of the citizens of their respective nations.The previous events have attracted a large audience from India and the United States.
People can send your questions in the Question and Answer (Q&A) box, which will then be put to the guests.
The event will be moderated by William M. Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President, Georgetown University Law Center.