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Justice Surya Kant took oath as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, November 24, replacing the former CJI BR Gavai. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath-taking ceremony. Justice Kant will remain in office till February 9, 2027.

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker OM Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel of India H D Kumaraswamy, Minister of Health and Family Affairs J P Nadda, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh and Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, among other prominent central ministers and figures, were in attendance during the ceremony.

Foreign Dignitaries In Oath-Taking Ceremony

Besides the Indian dignitaries, the following dignitaries from various countries also attended the oath-taking ceremony: 

1. Bhutan

- Justice Lyonpo Norbu Tshering, Chief Justice of Bhutan

- Lhaden Lotay, spouse of the Chief Justice

2. Kenya

- Justice Martha Koome, Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya

- Justice Susan Njoki Ndung'u, Judge, Supreme Court of Kenya

3. Malaysia

- Justice Tan Sri Datuk Nalini Pathmanathan, Judge, Federal Court of Malaysia

- Pasupathy Sivapragasam, spouse of the Federal Court judge

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4. Mauritius

Justice Bibi Rehana Mungli-Gulbul, Chief Justice of Mauritius

Rebecca Hannah Bibi Gulbul, daughter of the Chief Justice

5. Nepal

- Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, Chief Justice of Nepal

- Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla, Judge, Supreme Court of Nepal

- Ashok Bahadur Malla, spouse of Justice Sapna Pradhan Malla

- Anil Kumar Sinha, former Supreme Court judge and current Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

- Ursila Sinha, spouse of Anil Kumar Sinha

6. Sri Lanka

- Justice P. Padman Surasena, Chief Justice of Sri Lanka

- Sepalika Surasena, spouse of the Chief Justice

- Justice S. Thurairajah, Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

- Shashikala Thurairajah, spouse of Justice Thurairajah

- Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Judge, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

- Rizan Mohamed Dhileep Nawaz, spouse of Justice Nawaz

Who Is Justice Surya Kant?

Born on February 10, 1962, into a middle-class family in Hisar district, Haryana, Justice Surya Kant began his career as a small-town practitioner at the Bar. He completed his Master’s degree in law from Kurukshetra University in 2011, where he secured "first class first."

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Justice Kant served as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court from October 5, 2018. Before that, he had authored several notable judgments at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, news agency PTI reported.

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