New CJI must address Worst Inequality in Distribution of High Court Benches in Different States and Different Regions

It is good to note that we finally have Hon'ble Mr Justice Surya Kant as new Chief Justice of India (CJI) who is 53rd CJI who was sworn in on November 24, 2025 by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. He is first CJI hail- ing from Haryana. Earlier Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had on October 24 sent a letter to the then CJI Hon'ble Mr BR Gavai seeking his recommendation for the next CJI and who on October 27 recommended appointment of Hon'ble Mr Justice Surya Kant as the next CJI and was appointed as next CJI on October 30. He will remain in office for nearly 15 months and will demit office on February 9, 2027 on attaining age of 65 years. He was born on February 10, 1962 in Petwar vil- lage of Narnaund region in Hisar district of Haryana. He was the first generation lawyer from family. His father Madan Gopal Shastri taught Sanskrit at a government school and his mother was a homemaker. His wife Savita Kant retired as Principal of a Government College in Panchkula. He is the youngest of five siblings in his family. His elder brother Rishi Kant who is a retired teacher most candidly conceded that, "There was no advocate or judge in our entire family, or even among our relatives. In fact, Surya Kant was the first to gain admission to the LLB course when he joined Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.

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