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Justice Atul S. Chandurkar: A Defender of Digital Rights

Justice Atul Sharachchandra Chandurkar is a highly regarded Supreme Court Judge known for his landmark views on Digital Rights and Free Speech. His transition from the Bombay High Court to the Supreme Court in 2025 has brought a modern, tech-savvy perspective to the apex bench, a frequent topic of discussion on CaseOn.

Expertise in Information Technology and Municipal Law

Justice Chandurkar is a rare jurist who is also an author of legal treatises on municipal law. This combination of academic depth and practical wisdom allows him to tackle modern challenges like "fake news" and digital censorship with constitutional precision.

Impactful Landmark Judgments

• IT Rules Amendment (2023): He played a pivotal role in striking down government-appointed Fact Check Units, ruling them unconstitutional and a threat to free speech.
• College Dress Code (2024): He led a bench that upheld institutional autonomy regarding dress codes, balancing religious identifiers with secular academic discipline.

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Note: The biographies above were drafted using publicly available information from the Supreme Court of India website and official judicial records.