In October 2025, the Department of Justice (DoJ) , Ministry of Law and Justice (MoL&J), announced that the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, has appointed Justice Surya Kan t, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court (SC), as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) under Article 124(2) of the Indian Constitution. He will be the first CJI from Haryana.

He will officially assume the charge on November 24 2025, succeeding incumbent CJI Bhushan Ramkrishna (BR) Gavai , who is set to retire on November 23, 2025.

He will retire from this post on February 09, 2027 on attaining the age of 65 years.

About Surya Kant:

Law Practice: Justice Surya Kant started his law practice from his home town i.e. at District Court in Hisar in Haryana in 1984 and later, he shifted

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