Justice Chandrachud has taken many important decisions during his tenure. These include Ayodhya land dispute, decriminalizing homosexual relations under IPC section 377, matters related to the validity of the Aadhaar scheme, Sabarimala issue, granting permanent commission to women officers in the Indian Army. He was part of the bench which decided on important matters like granting permanent commission to women officers in the Navy, declaring the IPC section 497 criminalizing adultery as unconstitutional. ,