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Justice Surya Kant was sworn successful by President Droupadi Murmu arsenic the 53rd Chief Justice of India astatine the Rashtrapati Bhavan connected Monday (November 24, 2025.). He took his oath of office, pledging his committedness to uphold the Constitution and faithfully discharge duties, successful Hindi.
Chief Justice Kant has a tenure arsenic apical justice of a small implicit a year. He retires connected February 9, 2027. He was appointed to the Supreme Court connected May 24, 2019.
Born connected February 10, 1962, astatine Hisar successful Haryana, Mr. Kant completed his graduation from his hometown, and earned his Bachelor’s grade successful Law successful 1984 from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. He started his ineligible signifier astatine the Hisar territory tribunal and shifted to Chandigarh successful 1985 to signifier successful the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Justice Kant has been a portion of respective impactful decisions of the apex court, including the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which removed the peculiar presumption to the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. Justice Kant was besides portion of the Bench which held the electoral bonds strategy unconstitutional. He was a subordinate of the Benches which heard the Pegasus spyware lawsuit and suspension of the sedition law.
He was the youngest Advocate General of Haryana connected July 7, 2000, and designated arsenic elder advocator successful March 2001. He was elevated arsenic a justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court connected January 9, 2004. Justice Kant was appointed arsenic the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh successful October, 2018.
