Justice Surya Kant takes oath as 53rd Chief Justice
POLITY – JUDICIARY
25 NOVEMBER 2025
- Justice Surya Kant took oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Justice Kant has been a part of several impactful decisions of the apex court, including the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution which removed the special status to the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir.
- Justice Kant was also part of the Bench which held the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional.
- He was a member of the Benches which heard the Pegasus spyware case and suspension of the sedition law.
- The Chief Justice, who has a tenure of little over a year till his retirement on February 2, 2027, has said his topmost priority would be to bring the pendency of over 90,000 cases in the top court to a manageable number.
