SC administration asks Centre to take back official CJI residence occupied by DY Chandrachud

The Supreme Court administration has written to the Centre seeking the vacation of the official residence of the chief justice of India, stating that former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has stayed beyond the permissible period, PTI reported on Sunday.

In a July 1 communication to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, the Supreme Court administration urged the Centre to take back possession of the residence on 5, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, allotted to Chandrachud during his tenure as the chief justice, and return it to the court’s housing pool.

The administration said that the permission granted to the former chief justice of India to retain the accommodation expired on May 31 and that the six-month period allowed under the Supreme Court Judges Amendment Rules, 2022, had ended on May 10.

As per Rule 3B of the amended 2022 rules, a retired chief justice can retain a Type VII bungalow – a lower grade than the Krishna Menon Marg bungalow – for up to six months after retirement.

Chandrachud, who served as the 50th chief justice of India from November 2022 to November 2024, has remained in the official residence nearly eight months after leaving office.

He said that the delay in vacating the house was due to...

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