Cameras were focused on Chief Justice of India Justice Dr Dhananjay Yeshwant Chandrachud at the Independence Day event at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.
IMAGE: Dr Chandrachud, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Parshottam Rupala, Smriti Irani rise for the National Anthem. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Speaker Om Birla, the Chief Justice, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit A Shah, his wife Sonalben Shah, Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari during the rendition of the National Anthem.
Behind Rajnath Singh is Zubin Irani, Smriti Irani's husband, and behind Amit Shah is Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: The Chief Justice and Nitin Gadkari namaste each other as Smriti and Zubin Irani watch Amit and Sonalben Shah walk by. Photograph: Jitender Gupta/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Chief Justice Chandrachud felicitates a CRPF personnel at an event organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association at the Supreme Court. Photograph: Ayush Sharma/ANI Photo
IMAGE: Dr Chandrachud addresses the gathering at the event=. Photograph: Ayush Sharma/ANI Photo
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