Chief Justice of India-designate Justice Surya Kant on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said one of the biggest challenges in his tenure as top judge would be to bring 90,000 pending cases in the Supreme Court down to a “manageable” number.

Even as he spoke at 7, Krishna Menon Marg to mediapersons, the number in the National Judicial Data Grid climbed to 90,225.

Justice Kant said he did not want to engage in a blame-game on who was responsible for the staggering number of arrears in the top court — the highest in the court’s history.

“I will not pick fault on who is responsible. That is irrelevant,” he said in an informal interaction ahead of taking oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India on November 24.

Justice Kant indicated at taking a studied and practical approach to resolve the per

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