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Justice Surya Kant (Picture from Supreme Court)
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai connected Monday recommended the sanction of his Supreme Court workfellow and the senior-most justice aft him, Justice Surya Kant, arsenic his successor for the station of Chief Justice of India.CJI Gavai has sent the missive of proposal to the Union instrumentality ministry.The assignment of the CJI is guided by the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), which outlines the process for appointing, transferring, and elevating judges to the Supreme Court and precocious courts. Justice Surya Kant volition go the 53rd Chief Justice of India and is acceptable to presume bureau connected November 23, erstwhile the Centre issues the ceremonial notification. He is expected to service until February 27, 2027.
Who is Justice Surya Kant
Justice Surya Kant hails from Hisar successful Haryana and comes from a middle-class family.
He earned his Bachelor’s grade successful Law successful 1984 from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. He began his ineligible signifier astatine the territory tribunal successful Hisar the aforesaid twelvemonth and moved to Chandigarh successful 1985 to signifier astatine the Punjab and Haryana precocious court.He specialised successful Constitutional, Service, and Civil instrumentality matters and was appointed arsenic a justice of the Supreme Court successful May 2019. Justice Kant is owed to discontinue successful February 2027.
