Justice Uday Lalit - 49th Chief Justice Of India | Jurist, Mentor, Reformer [VIDEO]
Bombay Bar Association
8 Sept 2025 5:18 PM IST
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is among the few to ascend directly from the Bar to the Supreme Court Bench, and one of only two such judges to become CJI.In this episode, in a conversation with Senior Advocate Chetan Kapadia, Justice Lalit discusses his early work at the Bombay High Court and under Solicitor General Soli Sorabjee. He speaks of how he acted as Special Public Prosecutor in the...
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is among the few to ascend directly from the Bar to the Supreme Court Bench, and one of only two such judges to become CJI.
In this episode, in a conversation with Senior Advocate Chetan Kapadia, Justice Lalit discusses his early work at the Bombay High Court and under Solicitor General Soli Sorabjee. He speaks of how he acted as Special Public Prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case, before his judicial appointment. He offers a thoughtful explanation of the dissent in the EWS reservation judgment.
Credits & Courtesy Bombay Bar Association
CREDITS:
Guest: Justice Uday Lalit
Host: Chetan Kapadia
Audio Podcast Narrator: Firoz Bharucha
Editorial Guidance: Nitin Thakker
Special Thanks: Farhan Dubash & Firoz Bharucha
Concept & Creative Producer: Aditya Bapat
Head of Production: Shaun Fanthome
Creative Head: Mae Mariyam Thomas
Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer: Kartik Kulkarni
Sound Editors: Lakshman Parsuram & Nihar Temkar
Director and Editor: Jishnu Guha
Animation: Pratik Belote & Kurush Dubash
Camera Assistant: Ujjwal Lo
Project Coordinator: Natasha Vakil
Assistant Producer: Quoyina Ghosh
Studio: Island City Studios
This is a Maed in India production.