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Justice Surya Kant is set to be India’s 53 rd Chief Justice of India.

He is the first CJI from Haryana

On October 27, 2025, CJI BR Gavai nominated Kant for the post of CJI after Gavai’s retirement in November.

Justice Surya Kant’s remarkable journey began on the bare floor of a school in Petwar, Haryana—without benches—and led him to one of the most powerful benches of the Supreme Court of India (SC).

Born on February 10, 1962, in a middle-class family in Hisar district, Justice Kant began his education in a village school without benches, sitting on the floor alongside his classmates.

Early life And rise

Justice Kant graduated from Government Post-Graduate College, Hisar, in 1981, and obtained his LL.B. in 1984 from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak.

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