Justice Surya Kant has become the new Chief Justice of India. On Monday (November 24, 2025), President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to him as CJI. He took oath as CJI in the presence of Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, BJP President JP Nadda, former President Ramnath Kovind and former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai’s tenure as CJI ended on November 23, 2025. He remained in this post for six and a half months. Justice Surya Kant’s tenure as CJI will be for about one and a half years. He will retire on February 9, 2027. At present he is 63 years old.

CJI Surya Kant was born on February 10, 1962 in Hisar, Haryana. He was born in a normal family. Former CJI BR Gavai, while talking about his friendship with Justice Surya Kant in his farewell, had said that both of them come from very normal families.

Justice Gavai had told that CJI Surya Kant studied in a government school in Hisar and he himself studied in a municipal school in Amravati, Maharashtra. CJI Surya Kant graduated from Government Post Graduate College, Hisar in 1981 and then obtained Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1984. He studied law from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak in 1984. In the year 2000, he became the youngest Advocate General of Haryana.

Justice BR Gawai will be the next Chief Justice of the country. President Draupadi Murmu has approved his name. Earlier, his name was recommended by the current Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna. Let’s know from where he has taken degrees.

Born on 24 November 1960 in Amravati, Maharashtra, Justice Gawai completed his BA and LLB from Nagpur University. Gawai, who came from an ordinary family, made education his ladder and made his own identity in the legal world.

Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal posted post

Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, while sharing information on the social media platform X, said that Justice BR. Gawai has been appointed under the rights conferred under the Constitution of India. He is currently working as a judge in the Supreme Court and will take over the Chief Justice of India (CJI) from 14 May 2025.

In exercise of the powerers conferred by the constitution of India, the president is please Effect from 14th May, 2025.

– Arjun Ram Meghwal (@Arjunrammeghwal) April 29, 2025

Was started in 1985 advocacy

According to media reports, Justice BR Gavai started practicing in 1985 and in a few years, Nagpur bench and Bombay High Court were recognized with their ability. He was a permanent lawyer for several municipal corporations including Amravati University and later also served as a government lawyer and public prosecutor.

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Supreme Court judge made in 2019

On 14 November 2003, he was appointed Additional Judge in the Bombay High Court and in 2005 he became a permanent judge. After this, he presided over various matters in Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Panaji benches. On 24 May 2019, he was made a judge of the Supreme Court.

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