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5 big decisions of Justice Surya Kant…now going to be the next Chief Justice of the country – Read

Sandy Verma October 27, 2025 12:24 AM

New Delhi . The story of Justice Surya Kant, who reached the Supreme Court of the country from Hisar in Haryana, is quite inspiring. Justice Surya Kant, born in an ordinary family, traveled to the Supreme Court through his hard work, honesty and passion for justice. Now he is going to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 24 November 2025, and will hold the post of CJI till February 2027. Current CJI Justice BR Gavai is retiring on November 23. After him, Justice Surya Kant is going to take charge of the country’s largest court.

Justice Surya Kant started practicing law in 1984 from Hisar District Court. He started practicing in Punjab-Haryana High Court from 1985. He specialized in constitutional, civil and service matters and started working as a legal advisor to several universities, boards and banks. Due to his excellent performance in advocacy, he was appointed Advocate General of Punjab-Haryana High Court. In the year 2004, he was appointed a judge and later he became the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.

5 big decisions of Justice Surya Kant -:
Justice Surya Kant was a part of the Constitution Bench in December 2023, which upheld the Centre’s decision to remove Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
He was among the bench that constituted a five-member committee headed by Justice Indu Malhotra to probe the security lapses during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2022 visit to Punjab.
He described the One Rank One Pension (ORPR) scheme for the armed forces as constitutional. Besides, he has been hearing petitions to give equal opportunities to women officers in permanent commission.
Justice Surya Kant was part of the seven-judge bench that overturned the 1967 decision, paving the way for reconsideration of the issue of minority status of Aligarh Muslim University.
Not only this, he was also included in the bench hearing the Pegasus spyware case, which constituted a cyber expert committee and said that the state cannot be given arbitrary freedom in the name of ‘national security’.