Justice Surya Kant lagbhag 15 mahine ke liye CJI rahenge, unka tenure 24 November se shuru hoga aur woh 9 February 2027 ko 65 saal ki age mein retire ho jayenge.
Justice Surya Kant ko Thursday (30 October, 2025) ko 53rd Chief Justice of India appoint kiya gaya hai aur woh 24 November se charge sambhalenge. Union Law Ministry ke Department of Justice ne unki appointment ka notification bhi issue kiya. Justice Surya Kant, Justice Bhushan R Gavai ki jagah lenge, jo 23 November ko retire ho rahe hain. Woh lagbhag 15 mahine tak CJI rahenge aur apni 65 saal ki age poori karne par 9 February, 2027 ko retire ho jayenge. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal ne X par post karke kaha, “Bharat ke Samvidhan dwara pradan ki gayi shaktiyon ka prayog karte hue, Rashtrapati ji ne Supreme Court ke Judge Shri Justice Surya Kant ko 24 November, 2025 se Chief Justice of India appoint kiya hai.”
Justice Kant, ek middle-class parivaar mein 10 February 1962 ko Haryana ke Hissar district mein paida hue the, aur 24 May 2019 ko Supreme Court ke judge bane.
Woh desh ki top judicial post par do dashkon ka anubhav lekar aaye hain, jisme kai bade faisle shamil hain—Article 370 ko hataane, free speech, democracy, bhrashtachar, environment aur gender equality jaise mamlo par.
Justice Kant us historic bench ka bhi hissa the jisne purane zamane ke sedition law (raajdroh kanoon) ko roka tha aur order diya tha ki sarkari review hone tak iske tahat koi nayi FIR register na ho.
Unhone Election Commission ko bhi force kiya ki Bihar ke 65 lakh excluded voters ki details disclose karein, apni electoral transparency ki commitment dikhate hue.
Justice Kant ne itihaas rachha jab Supreme Court aur doosre Bar associations mein ek-tihai seats mahilaon ke liye reserve karne ka order diya.
Woh us bench ka bhi hissa the jisne Pradhan Mantri Modi ke 2022 Punjab visit ke security breach ki jaanch ke liye Justice Indu Malhotra ke netritv mein 5-member committee banayi—aur kaha ki aise mamle ke liye “judicially trained mind” chahiye.
Unhone defence forces ke liye One Rank-One Pension (OROP) scheme ko constitutionally valid mana aur abhi bhi women officers ke permanent commission ki petitions sun rahe hain.
Woh 7-judge bench ka bhi hissa the jisne 1967 Aligarh Muslim University wale judgment ko overrule kar diya, jisse institution ka minority status dobara consider ho sake.
Justice Kant us bench pe bhi the jisne Pegasus spyware case suna aur ek cyber experts ki panel banayi illegal surveillance ki jaanch ke liye, saaf bola ki state ko “national security” ke naam par free pass nahi mil sakta.]