Overview
- President Droupadi Murmu formalized the appointment via a Department of Justice notification, which the law minister announced publicly on X.
- Justice Surya Kant will succeed Chief Justice B.R. Gavai on November 24 and serve until February 9, 2027.
- Currently the senior-most Supreme Court judge, he becomes the first Chief Justice of India from Haryana.
- His career spans service as Haryana’s advocate general, chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, and elevation to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019.
- He has served on key benches involving Article 370, the sedition law pause, the Pegasus probe, electoral bonds, and OROP, with his tenure set against a docket of major constitutional cases.