Justice Surya Kant, who is to take over as the 53 rd Chief Justice of India on November 24, on Saturday said tackling huge pendency of cases and encouraging mediation as an alternative disputes resolution mechanism would be his priority.

“My foremost agenda is to reduce arrears (of cases). Two things are my top priorities: arrears and mediation. With 90,000 cases pending in the Supreme Court, clearing the oldest matters is essential,” Justice Kasnt said in an interaction with Supreme Court correspondents at his official residence here.

The CJI-designate batted for mediation as an important tool to reduce huge pendency of cases. “Mediation can be a game changer,” he said.

He said he will give priority to setting up Constitution Benches to dispose of important matters involving importan

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